How following the royals helped me feel connected to my British kin.

Tauranga MP and Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges responds to the Budget.

Tauranga Labour list MP Jan Tinetti shares her thoughts on the Budget announcement.

There is some limited but welcome new thinking, Bryan Gould says

The reduction of the KiwiBuild policy disappoints.

If councillors want to change driver behaviour, they should take the bus, a reader says.

Emotional labour is the extra chore that can cause insoluble resentment.

COMMENT: Farmers should have acted sooner but MPI should have too.

School balls are a highlight of the year but can be an expensive experience.

The Government should look at supporting pensioners into kiwifruit work, a reader says

If you had the opportunity to meet anyone alive on the planet today, who would that be?

Help us help the Tauranga Community Foodbank.

Should the kiwifruit industry lift wages?

One would wear one's diamonds, but they slipped down the back of the sofa

Motherhood has drenched my spirit in humility and etched my face with worry.

Elton John will play more than 300 shows on his Farewell Yellow Brick Road world tour.

Regardless of voter turnout, the museum vote was still a no, a reader says

The empty bowling club is a missed opportunity, a reader says.

Be wary of false teachers, a reader says.

Fewer marriages - and fewer divorces

Once you break an election promise it becomes so much easier to break more, a reader says

Opinion: The result of a referendum on whether the city should have a museum.

Can any good come from a mountain bike crash?

Advice for a soon-to-be stay-at-home Dad who probably doesn't want or need it.

Good customer service makes a difference.

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Learn the road rules and stop blocking intersections, a reader asks.

The pale, stale male terminology is popular with the infallible left, a reader says.

NZ Prime Minister presents the image of a country that dares to be different.

Sonya Bateson is hoping the run of bad luck is at an end