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Opinion: Tommy Wilson - No fancy wrap on prison stats
Opinion: Joseph Parker, the Easter Bunny and the state of our Maori prison population.

Letters: Hurry up and build a museum
A reader says the council needs to hurry up and build a museum.

Opinion: Remembering a great champion
Joseph Parker carried with him the spirit of Bob Fitzsimmons, writes Bryan Gould.

Graeme Simpson: 10th Tarawera Ultramarathon
Paul Charteris talks about the Tarawera Ultramarathon.

Rosemary McLeod: Plunket changes may not be for the better
Remembering the good old days of Plunket

Opinion: Meaningful change needed for Tauranga traffic problems
Is a bus lane along a half-kilometre stretch of Welcome Bay Rd really a good idea?

Opinion: Time to delete Facebook?
Personal data on social media is a gold mine for marketing companies.

Letters: Tauranga for scenery, Wellington for museums
March 26: Tourists don't come to Tauranga to see a museum, a reader says.

End-of-life stance disappointing
Saturday letters - State Highway 2, end-of-life choice and Maori wards.

Family backbone of region's mountain biking
The Hamiltons are a family who've had a big impact on the local mountain biking scene.

Letters: Traffic is a 'bloody shambles'
March 23: Sort out traffic woes of Welcome Bay Rd.

Bella Vista homeowners deserve answers
Letters: Bella Vista homeowners deserve answers.

Who turns down a chance to hear Obama speak?
Opinion: I would probably pull out of a commitment so I could hear Barack Obama speak.

Claiming citizenship in an invisible world
You have the opportunity to claim citizenship in an invisible world.

Letters: Why we should keep GST on food
Letters: Why we shouldn't exempt food from GST.

Opinion: Common sense prevails in Tauranga Community Gardens saga
Common sense is set to prevail over planned change which looked to hit community groups.

Letters: Census, Maori wards and same sex marriage
LETTERS:Census, elections, Maori wards and same sex marriage

Bryan Gould: The murky world of espionage
Skilled diplomacy remains by far the best means of resolving international crises.

If children are learning, let them be
Don't worry about how children are learning, what matters is that they are learning.

Tommy Wilson - Knowledge is a powerful weapon
The taiaha of knowledge is a very powerful weapon when it is wielded in a book.

Letters: SH2, recycling, surveys and cartoons
Letters: State Highway 2, glass recycling, surveys and cartoons

Letters: Residents wonder if they're next accident on SH2
March 19: Residents fear highway, Skipper Simon, recycling a basic service, helping poor.

Time to cash in on big-city status
Tauranga's one of the biggest cities in New Zealand - it's time we start acting like it.

Letters: State Highway 2, surveys, TECT
Letters: State Highway 2, surveys, TECT and the Census

Unplug and recharge the batteries
Seeking solutions to a houseful of useless gadget chargers.