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Zizi Sparks: The Covid-19 vaccine race is on
Opinion: Getting the vaccine is a no-brainer and NZ needs to pick up the pace.

Letters: 'Plot has been lost' over 'draconian' speed humps
Our readers have their say.

Rob Rattenbury: New Zealand's rate of homelessness is shameful
OPINION: Where is the action on our homelessness issue?

Opinion: Time will tell if Kawerau can survive mill closure as a single entity
OPINION: Time will tell if whether the town can remain a district in its own right.

Zizi Sparks: How I'm learning to embrace winter
Opinion: But don't talk to me about the cold.

Dawn Picken: Bracing myself for an empty nest
OPINION: You know you've raised an independent soul if they flee the nest.

Letters: How many scissor lifts does it take to hang baskets?
OPINION: Readers have their say.

Letters to the editor: Answers needed on roadworks
OPINION: Readers have their say.

Opinion: Leadership is being steadfast in the tough times
OPINION: No party needs the unnecessary distractions Judith Collins has had to stomach.

Kelly Makiha: Wait a second, could things be going well?
OPINION: Could we be seeing a turning of the tide?

Jo Raphael: We're a humble lot but we should be proud
OPINION: Our Queen's Birthday Honours recipients deserve to be proud.

Zizi Sparks: Who says you can't be happy in a nine-to-five?
Opinion: It feels like some life coaches imply I need to quit my job to be truly happy.

Leah Tebbutt: Racist ideas ensured my strongest connection to my whakapapa is a man no longer here
OPINION: My Poppa is my identity to te ao Māori

Letters to the editor: Flood defences monitored
OPINION: Rotorua readers have their say.

Dawn Picken: Listen up, I've got something to say
OPINION: We know when someone's focusing on our words and when they're not.

Letters: Blue Baths closure poorly communicated
OPINION: Rotorua readers have their say.

Letters: Life was simpler without social media
OPINION: Rotorua readers have their say.

Samantha Motion: Marriage is so last century, but we can still learn from it
OPINION: The qualities that make a good marriage apply to any sort of long-term union.

Letters: We are being ripped off at the supermarket
OPINION: Rotorua readers have their say.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Waikato cyber attack should come as no surprise
OPINION: Software protection must be taken seriously, otherwise it could be our undoing.

Letters: Dropping speed for no road works frustrating
OPINION: Rotorua readers have their say.

Carmen Hall: I've been a 'Karen' and have been a rude customer
OPINION: I did not scream and shout or make a scene but I ruined their day

Dawn Picken: Support the Aotearoa renaissance when it comes to buying local
Opinion: We need to support Aotearoa artists if we want to keep enjoying their gifts.

Rob Rattenbury: Has the sun set on the day of the conservative?
OPINION: Has Labour stolen the centre swing voter forever?

Zoe Hunter: Heckling of te reo speaker one of most disgusting displays I've seen
Opinion: If we, as a city, give any space to racism, it reflects on all of us.

Opinion: Abusing service industry staff is not on
Let's not come out the other side of Covid meaner in attitude and human spirit.

Letters: Intersections and roundabouts need unobstructed views
OPINION: Rotorua readers have their say.

Letters to the editor: Not allowing councillor to speak is 'undemocratic'
OPINION: Rotorua readers have their say.