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Gould: Voter turnout - why do we struggle to cast our votes?
Budding politicians see local elections as a step on the ladder to a political career.
Letters: Humanity has been missing in modern times
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Dawn Picken: This is more painful than childbirth
Trying to sell a home in the Bay can be more painful than root canal and childbirth.
Opinion: Losing Maketu Pies would be losing an icon
Maketu Pies has been placed in receivership and had some interested buyers.
Letters: Council's left hand doesn't know what the right is doing
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Jane Trask: Have your say, go vote
We should all care enough about our place to vote.
Sonya Bateson: Why measles vaccinations and precautions are essential
Vulnerable lives are dependant on the actions of others
How long is Daylight Saving an excuse?
It was an excuse to be late on Monday, but how long can we use the lost hour as one?
Zizi Sparks: If you don't vote, don't complain
In the last local election, more people chose to not vote than to have their say.
Rachel Stewart: Freed from hope but not hopeless
COMMENT: By clinging to hope people become deluded that things might change.
Letters: Original Elms decision was a win-win for everyone
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Letters: Passenger rail is not out of the question
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Our View: Why we should listen to Greta Thunberg
Great Thunberg urgently beats the climate change drum.
Jane Trask: Why I still drive a big SUV despite rising fuel prices
COMMENT: Back in the good old days, I could drive from Hamilton to Rotorua on just $6.
Comment: Unravelling the many messes of 11 Mission St
Delving into a cascade of messes.
Meth is a scourge but some have broken free
Meth casts a long shadow in New Zealand but there are pockets of light out there.
Opinion: Census shows Government must take action on housing
Our cities are growing, and now we have the figures to prove it.
Letters to the editor: Te reo Māori rules there for a reason
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Dawn Picken: Well-behaved pets no threat to rental properties
Landlords might consider pets home-wreckers, but for many of us, pets are family.
Bryan Gould: All Blacks embody what it is to be a Kiwi
COMMENT: The All Blacks have done more than enough to repay this kind of loyalty.
Matt Cowley: Leading Tauranga into the 2020s
COMMENT: It's hard to believe that it is almost the year 2020, writes Matt Cowley.
Sonya Bateson: When you can't find a midwife in Tauranga
COMMENT: I hit the phones, emails and text messages.
Letters: Leave people alone if they don't want to vote
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Letters: Learning te reo Māori should be a choice
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.