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Rachel Stewart: Outlook grim despite the allure of denial
COMMENT: Species extinction and extreme weather are only going to get worse.
Stuart Pedersen: The danger of groupism
Judge the individual, not the group that person belongs to, says Stuart Pedersen.
Comment: Buses, oh what a missed opportunity
Tauranga needs a first-class bus system - fast, writes Samantha Motion.
Letters: Mother Earth will be glad to see us gone
Letters: Tauranga children right to strike over climate change
Commentators should not be attack dogs for political parties
COMMENT: Political commentators have a duty to be balanced, writes Bryan Gould.
Letters: Vision needed to solve Tauranga's problems
Plenty of ideas out there to make Tauranga better
'Murder on the Menu' has audience in stitches
Playwright Devon Williamson has surpassed himself with "Murder on the Menu".
Tommy Wilson: Moving on from tragedy - lessons learned from 1963 at Omanu School
Tommy Wilson: When is the right time to move on from tragedy?
Letters: Let us all stand up to racism
We all need to stand up to racism, a reader says.
Letters: Experts should get it right first time
Letters: Open the Welcome Bay slip road
Isn't two weeks time enough to get our act together?
Moving on is a myth. What are we really feeling 2 weeks after the Christchurch attacks?
From The Sidelines: Welcome return of Baywide club rugby
Sports reporter David Beck says it is hard to beat the tribalism of club rugby.
Letters: Jacinda Ardern has done us proud
Letters: Jacinda Ardern has done us proud.
Bryan Gould: What makes me a New Zealander
Bryan Gould: 'We are all in the same waka'
Letters: Quick changes to our laws a concern
Letters: Quick changes to our laws a concern.
Letters: Transport solutions need revising
Letters: Transport solutions need to be revised.
Opinion: Heartbreaking ripple effect
To see a man known to be gentle and friendly become shaken and scared is heartbreaking.
Tayla Harris should be able to do her job without abuse
AFLW player Tayla Harris has slammed vulgar comments made about an image of her at work
Letters: Military-style semi-automatics need to go
Letters: Military-style semi-automatics need to go.
Dawn Picken: Thoughts and prayers are not enough after Christchurch
Hatred loses its footing when we stand for justice - and act in love.
Opinion: Sport a chance to come together
Sports reporter David Beck says sport is a way people can unite together.
Rachel Stewart: Owning firearms a privilege not a right
COMMENT: Whatever Govt decides, I am fully prepared to relinquish my semi-automatics.
Letters: Welcome Bay congestion needs to be sorted
Letters: Welcome Bay congestion needs to be sorted
Letters: Darkest day will be etched in our minds forever
Letters: Darkest day will be etched in our minds forever
Letters: NZ has no cause to allow semi-automatic weapons
Letters: New Zealand has no cause to allow semi-automatic weapons
Letters: Christchurch shooting an 'evil, suffocating, tragic event'
Christchurch shooting preoccupies Bay of Plenty letter writers.
Bryan Gould: Christchurch tragedy product of a home-grown sickness
COMMENT: Whatever mask terrorism wears, we must be clear it will not be tolerated.
Samantha Olley: The search for solace after Christchurch attack
COMMENT: Two of New Zealand's darkest days, in the same city, just eight years apart.
Christchurch mosque shootings: Vigils being held in Tauranga
Christchurch mosque shootings: Vigils being held in Tauranga
Opinion: Our country is supposed to be safe
No longer can we look down our noses at gun crime in America.