Rose Davis: The challenge of changing with the weather
'What shifts so I no longer shut down and refuse to hear my guilty thoughts?'
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Carmen Hall: G-strings are for the bedroom, not beach
COMMENT: As the mum, I worry about the impression this trend is making on young girls.
Carmen Hall: Government needs to address housing affordability
COMMENT: We were lucky to buy our home but others haven't been.
Bryan Gould: Explanation for bush fires not hard to find
Insatiable demand for consumption is upsetting the natural balance on which life depends.
Samantha Motion: Reparation delays add insult to injury
Comment: Ensuring reparation system doesn't re-victimise people is the least we can do.
Rob Rattenbury: The ongoing war against possums
This is a neverending war with periods of peace after bouts of extermination.
Zizi Sparks: Rotorua mayor's leadership appointments understandable in my view
COMMENT: Leaders need like-minded people in their top teams.
Dawn Picken: Lessons from a cyclone
COMMENT: For most of us, 2020 will be neither smashing success nor abject failure.
Carmen Hall: Cigarette addiction has cost me tens of thousands of dollars
COMMENT: But giving up smoking is not as easy.
Katee Shanks: I'll never look at Whakaari the same way again
It's during the downtime when thoughts of December 9 come to the fore.
Zizi Sparks: We'll never be the same again after White Island
One month on the effects of the eruption are still seen in the small community.
Buddy Mikaere: Let's hail the delicacy that is the New Zealand mussel
COMMENT: They deserve an international reputation.
Zizi Sparks: Help Surf Life Saving NZ so it can help you
COMMENT: Help lifeguards stay afloat. You never know when they might do the same for you.
Kiri Gillespie: We're getting fat and lazy and we're to blame
And now we're paying the price at our funerals.
Kelly Makiha: Katchafire brings back the reggae love to Rotorua
Reggae was back and Rotorua loved it.
2020: The year the Bay gets a real transport plan
Other projects may need to take a back seat.
Todd Muller: Clean waterways are everyone's responsibility
Our country's reality is that we all need to play a role in a clean water solution.
Rotorua leaders share their New Year wishes
Rotorua leaders and people on the street share their hopes and wishes for 2020.
Opinion: Shout out to the unsung gems behind our honourees
Recognising the people who quietly make way for greatness.
Bryan Gould: A time for reflection, and change
There is no salvation for any of us if we go on asserting that nothing need change.
Dawn Picken: Eight things that could make life better
Aspirations for a better Bay of Plenty in 2020
Jo Raphael: Former water baby grateful for lifeguards
Between the Flags campaign highlights work our surf lifesavers do.
Zizi Sparks: Christmas appeals making all the difference
The past six weeks have seen donations for food banks flow in.
Jo Raphael: You're not bulletproof on the roads
Drive safely, go home and see your loved ones.
Bryan Gould: Parting company with the voters is never a good idea
The lesson is not so much about how to win an election as about how to lose one.
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"Many New Zealand men have developed a fear of being alone with small kids."