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Paul Hickey discusses the business awards, pillow fighting champs and afternoon tea shout.
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Jo Raphael: Your dog is better off at home by himself
OPINION: Rover should stay at home while you run your errands.
Samantha Motion: After the year of the vax, these people deserve our thanks
OPINION: Next week marks a year since New Zealand began rolling out the Covid-19 vaccine.
Opinion: When Queen's reign ends, republic question will re-emerge
Is an overseas monarch still appropriate to New Zealand's evolving identity?
Jo Raphael: Travel is the light at the end of the tunnel
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Colour and music abound in hometown theatre success
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Dawn Picken: Let's get together again - reconnection at last?
The hope of mass reunion is here at last.
Paul Hickey: Resilient businesses, goals, back-to-school giveaway
Paul Hickey discusses resilient businesses, smart goals and back to school giveaway.
Samantha Motion: MIQ's short hello and long goodbye
OPINION: MIQ came to - or rather, was dropped on - Rotorua one weekend in June 2020.
Premium Debate: Subscriber views on the kiwifruit labour shortage predictions
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Luke Kirkness: Why today's make or break for the Government
OPINION: Are we in for some Covid-19 reprieve with a border announcement looming?
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Standing together in the face of Omicron
Opinion: No one is safe from COVID-19 until everyone is safe.
Letters: Whaka 100 decision 'another nail in Rotorua's coffin'
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Carmen Hall: Cancel all the major events until we navigate through Omicron
A lot of angry people out there who have lost money trying to showcase their events.
Rob Rattenbury: Climate change is a sleeping giant that needs our attention
Opinion: By the time the world cottons on to climate change it may be too late.
Opinion: Paul Hickey - Life in red, school initiative and love stories
Paul Hickey discusses being in the red, a school's initiative and Valentine's Day stories.
Letters: 'Pretty' projects stymie core services
Our readers have their say on council projects and road maintenance
Taupō thumbs up and thumbs down
Readers submit their appreciation and gripes for the last week.
Letters to the editor: Call for Lakefront playground shade 'astounding'
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Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: British crime dramas and the artistry of building a case
'It's the hard slog, leg work that I admire.'
Samantha Motion: This should be the year of water
Opinion: The fragility of our supply of fresh, clean water is increasingly evident.
Rob Rattenbury: Virus fear creates parallels with 1981 Springbok tour
"Families and friends are now taking positions against one other."
Dawn Picken: Thoughts from a Quaran-queen in MIQ
Thoughts for surviving isolation - let's try this at home.
Paul Hickey - Lakefront fun, superhero research and Speedway action
Paul Hickey discusses Lakefront fun, superhero research and upcoming Speedway action.
Luke Kirkness: The tough decision facing the Govt today
OPINION: Will the Omicron threat burst the dreams of a green traffic light setting?
Letters: Covid-19 systems for protection, not division
Taupō & Tūrangi Weekender readers have their say.
Kiri Gillespie: Foolhardy swimmers proof of evolution theory
Opinion: Sometimes you can only do so much for people who make foolhardy decisions anyway.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Time for an honest conversation about retirement
OPINION: New Zealand must work to retain skilled older workers in crucial areas.