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Opinion: More help needed for service members' mental health issues
Many veterans say the government has fallen short of helping with PTSD.
Opinion: Bay rugby veterans giving back
Some of the Bay's best players have returned to club rugby with great effect.
Comment | Israel Folau gives Christians a bad name
Holier-than-thou people are hard to budge, they're not the "contaminated ones"
Opinion: Is it still New Zealand first?
Politics is about appearances but in the end, numbers matter most.
Opinion: 'Today we grieve, tomorrow we must educate'
Toi Ohomai is to form stronger relationships with the Muslim community.
Bryan Gould: Folau's views a legitimate target for criticism and comment
Will other players suffer consequences for their online endorsement of Folau's sentiments?
Courage needed when farming through the dry
Comment: During droughts or drought-like conditions, be aware depression is very real.
Comment: Vaccination the best rebellion
Children of anti-vaxxers can do better, because they know better, writes Dawn Picken.
Opinion: It might be time to embrace esports
Competitive esports, also known as professional gaming, is on the rise.
Opinion: Fire at historic building a tragedy
Hundreds of firemen have been working hard to control the Notre Dame blaze.
Rachel Stewart: Dignified death of a feisty farm cat
COMMENT: This isn't really a column about my dead cat, though it might appear that way.
Letters: Council decisions do not inspire confidence
Letters: April 17 - Critical eye on council.
Letters: More questions need to be asked over council projects
Letters: More questions need to be asked over council projects.
Letters: Israel Folau's views should be ignored
Letters: Israel Folau's views should be ignored says reader.
Bryan Gould: We need to raise mature youth
Puppies and young people are the same - they think the universe revolves around them.
Letters: Put a toll on the Kaimai tunnel
Bay of Plenty Times letters to the editor.
Opinion: Helping youth reconnect to highway of life
Having one-on-one counselling is paramount as Mike King knows well.
Letters: City council chief executive a breath of fresh air
A reader says he is impressed with Tauranga City Council's new chief executive.
Opinion: Rain lifts farmers', orchardists' spirits
Bay farmers and orchardists have welcomed much-needed rainfall, writes Darryl Jensen.
Opinion: Free Tauranga school bus trial a no brainer
Could a free school bus service solve Tauranga's peak hour traffic woes?
Dawn Picken: Surviving the parasite parade
Rose-coloured glasses and a silver lining magnifier are vital in autumn.
Letters: Congestion Tauranga's biggest problem
Readers discuss congestion and the begging ban.
Opinion: Tahuriorangi's gesture shows humility
Sports reporter David Beck says Tahuriorangi playing club rugby says a lot about the man.
Letters: Speed change safest option for Welcome Bay Rd
Readers discuss speed limits, gun laws and the Crusaders.
Letters: Begging bylaw long overdue in Tauranga
Letters: Begging bylaw long overdue in Tauranga.
Bryan Gould: PM's international mana and prestige
Bryan Gould: Jacinda Ardern's international mana and prestige.
Graeme Simpson: Company hits global stage
Nzo has become a key cog in the mountain biking community
Letters: Motorists endure lengthy delays
Letters: Tauranga motorists have had to endure lengthy delays