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Opinion: What do you like about Horohoro School?
We asked pupils at Horohoro School what their favourite thing was about the school.

Rachel Stewart: Animal cruelty – a storm is coming
COMMENT: If you're shocked now, your hair will soon curl.

What values should a principal have?
We asked pupils what kind of principal they wanted as theirs prepared to leave.

Bryan Gould: Why are teachers striking now?
COMMENT: Teachers' strike a long time coming, but why now with a sympathetic Government?

Opinion: Food allergy sufferers should feel confident eating out
Mixing up food when someone's got a food allergy is serious - even life threatening.

Review: Rotorua students knock the socks off Footloose
Footloose is on until August 25 and is well worth supporting.

Teachers' strike: MPs share their thoughts
Rotorua MPs Todd McClay, Fletcher Tabuteau and Tamati Coffey weigh in on the strike.

Opinion: Teachers' strike just the start
Opinion: Teachers' one day strike is just the beginning.

Opinion: Targeting Māori youth not discriminatory
Māori youth are bombarded daily with all the negative stereotypes.

Opinion: Teachers share why they're on strike
Rotorua teachers share why they decided to become teachers and to strike.

Letters: Banning plastic bags has other motives
Readers discuss plastic bag ban, plant growth, footpaths and the battle of Thermopylae.

Panel: What was your favourite memory from Tudor Towers?
We asked some Rotorua people what their favourite memory from Tudor Towers is.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: Why Wally Haumaha should resign
COMMENT: The case of Wally Haumaha is one that defies all political understanding.

Opinion: Banning gangs a noble idea
Opinion: Maybe NZ should follow Queensland's lead and make gangs illegal.

Raukawa-Tait: Parking fine surprise
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: A letter from the Ministry of Justice reveals an unwanted surprise.

Rachel Stewart: Why kill animals after an 'attack'?
Comment: Animals attack us when we invade their space and we need to realise this.