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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.
Letters to the editor: Begging ban outrage 'ill-informed'
Ban won't prevent needy getting help, city councillor says.
Opinion: Elderly deserve love, respect and support
More than 75 per cent of elder abuse cases involve a family member
Bryan Gould: We are slow to learn important lessons
Bryan Gould says our environment needs to be better cared for.
Letters to the editor: Broken families, Barkes Corner and Pilot Bay
Letters to the Editor: June 18, 2018.
Opinion: Finding a solution for Tauranga's begging and rough sleeping problem
Banning beggars and rough sleepers, is it the answer to the problem?
Rosemary McLeod: Pain and hurt as entertainment
Trolls enjoy insulting strangers while lurking in the shadows.
Opinion: Roads rule in Tauranga
Why can we spend $35m on a revamped library, but can't put $20m towards a museum?
Letters: Broken families cause broken lives
Broken families cause broken lives, a reader says
Rachel Stewart: We cannot bury our heads in the silence
COMMENT: Our approach to suicide isn't working very well.
Opinion: Tiny houses - do I need things and stuff?
Opinion: Could I live without things and stuff? Does a spare room add value to my life?
Letters: Traffic lights a sign of failed planning
Traffic lights at Barkes Corner indicate failed road planning, a reader believes.
Opinion: Going dry for July will be challenging
A month without booze? Easy, right?
Letters: Labour preventing needy getting jobs
Labour being irresponsible over prisons and jobs, a reader says.
Opinion: Rugby, league and basketball - a good winter weekend
The All Blacks, New Zealand Warriors and Golden State Warriors all win at the weekend.
Opinion: How free is the free market really?
In a free market, it is almost always the employers that hold all the bargaining power
Letters: Bring culture to Mauao in place of a museum
If we can't have a museum, bring culture to Mauao instead, a reader suggests.
Opinion: Bella Vista decision the right call
A positive to emerge from awful Bella Vista Homes saga has been the community's support.
Letters to the editor: Stadium for Tauranga? Bella Vista, Dame deserving?
Letters to the Editor, June 9, 2018.
Say goodbye to scantily-clad 'trophies'
What a surprise for men to learn women aren't just for staring at.
Seal's antics part of New Zealand's charm
Happy animals, clean enviornment: we don't know how lucky we are.
Opinion: The Bella Vista nightmare
Opinion: Financial impacts for Bella Vista homeowners are the tip of the iceberg.
Opinion: Traffic woes putting school pupils in peril
Getting to school each day has become a hazardous exercise for students in the Bay.
Bus lane across rail bridge can ease jams
A reader suggests adapting the Matapihi Rail Bridge for buses to battle gridlocked traffic