Letters: Follow Singapore's lead in dealing with drug crime
New Zealand's drug trade is flourishing, a reader says
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Letters: Free speech, hospital care, plastic bags
Plastic bags, freedom of speech and Tauranga Hospital feature in today's letters.
Fresh food should be more easily accessible
There is a huge satisfaction in cooking with fresh ingredients and love for your family.
Letters to the editor: Get over racism
Get over racism, it's not going away, a reader says
Dawn Picken: How Not to Travel
I could write a handbook called, The How Not to Travel Guide.
Will Tauranga be an age-friendly city?
The Minister for Seniors says she will help raise awareness of needs for the elderly.
Opinion: Welcome to Tauranga, cultural wasteland
Other cities are sniggering behind their hands at our lack of culture
Tommy Wilson: Save our whenua, before there's nothing else to protect
Tommy Wilson is hoping his daughter will become an environmental scientist
Letters: Footpaths are for feet, not scooters
If mobility scooters are forced onto footpaths, where will pedestrians go?
Opinion: Embracing the digital age
Extra-curricular options were minimal when I was at school.
Woman thanks strangers who helped injured 91yo friend
Woman delivers thanks to the people who helped her injured elderly friend at Farmers.
Letters: Marina plan, support for nurses and alcohol
Letters: Marina plan, support for nurses and alcohol.
Rosemary McLeod: Chinese innocence leaves much to the vulgar Western mind
What's daring in China is passe in the Western world
Guest view: Why having calves at Ag Days is too risky
We haven't got the cattle disease M. bovis in the Bay of Plenty; let's keep it that way.
Opinion: Let's pretend it's summer
Bay residents are conjuring summer in these cold, dark, post-solstice days.
Letters: Take cars off drink-drivers
Another tool to stop drink drivers, a reader says.
We should not push the homeless into the shadows
As with any growing city, new issues emerge. Leaders are grappling with these challenges.
What's the big deal with gendered clothes?
Dress, trousers, skirt - who cares as long as you're comfortable?
Letters: Cyclists should get rates rebate
Cyclists don't take up precious city centre space, a reader says.
Rachel Stewart: Time for dry July
COMMENT: The more I drank the more I could handle it. Time to give it a break.
Tommy Wilson: All you need is aroha
Two perfect examples of aroha: Neve Te Aroha and the aroha of the Greerton yarn bombers.
Letters: Encourage cycling to reduce traffic
The more cycles on the road, the fewer cars causing congestion.
Opinion: There is poverty in our country
Paying living wage not generosity, it's a contribution to the health of society.
Letters: Museum would have value to cruise visitors
Readers' share thoughts on a proposed begging ban, library decision and racism apology.
Letters: Tauranga's road network nearing collapse
Cars are an integral part of the transport network - whether councillors like it or not
Opinion: We'd be lost without our 'vollies'
We would be lost without the selfless efforts of volunteers.
Dear Jacinda: Advice from one Kiwi mum to another
COMMENT: It's not easy being a supermum. Just do the best you can.
Letters to the editor: Why the vast difference in petrol prices?
A reader questions why petrol was cheaper in Taumarunui and Rotorua than Tauranga.
Opinion: Action needed to tackle childhood obesity
How can long legislators bury their heads in the sand over childhood obesity?
Opinion: Dental care is a luxury
Dental costs are unaffordable for the average worker, Sonya Bateson says.
Tommy Wilson: Words can cause real harm
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me?
Letters: Collectors as bad as beggars
Charitable collectors can be just as aggressive as beggars, a reader says.