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OPINION: Exposing our children to a range of skills will help them become well-rounded.
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Luke Kirkness: We need to get on board with inter-regional rail
OPINION: NZ needs to stop thinking about current solutions and look into the future.
Subscribers weigh in on man filling in potholes himself
OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.
Damage from slips keeps Hamurana Rd closed, SH35 fully open
The slips are clear but the road is damaged.
'A different dynamic': Why regional council voter turnout is just 13 per cent so far
People still have chance to vote by using a ballot box at council offices by October 8.
Dr Tony Farrell: It's time to change alcohol's connection to sport in NZ
OPINION: Sponsorship and marketing must come to end.
'More and more elderly who have nowhere to go': Whare for homeless retirees opens
The whare has been named after a pensioner who died in transitional housing back in March.
Commissioners can free parking trial, cost to rise to $21 a day
A free parking trial started due to Covid-19 will soon end.
School holiday sun: Better weather on the way for the Bay of Plenty
The weekend is looking to be more settled after a wet start to the school holidays.
Opinion: Removing GST from medicine could have wider benefits
Opinion: Removing GST from medicine is a simple step which would lead to big benefits.
Felix Desmarais: Why I'm not a pop star
Opinion: It started with Celine and ended in a carport in Tauranga.
Free two-hour parking on chopping block as council considers new on-street parking rates
If approved, the new parking rates will come into effect on December 1.
'Ridiculous': Potholes blamed for popped tyres, damaged wheels, injured ankles
One Tauranga man has resorted to filling in 'horrible' potholes himself.
'Equity issue' as some rural patients face six-week wait to see a doctor
"In the next 10 years about 50 per cent of our GPs are set to retire."
Michele Hunter: I make a point of supporting local, here's why you should too
Opinion: NZ has incredible small businesses offering unique products and services.
SH33 closed from Paengaroa to Okere Falls, SH2 in Pukehina reopens
Waka Kotahi advised driving conditions might be hazardous and to only drive if essential.
27-hour rainmaker: Slip closes highway, heavy downfall warnings for north
Rain descends on the North Island just in time for the school holidays.
Steamers chasing win to secure home quarter-final
Waikato and Bay of Plenty will meet on the field tomorrow.
Subscribers weigh in on non-funding of cystic fibrosis treatment
OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.
Sex, betrayal and dysfunction: What really goes on behind a sex therapist's walls
Sex is "the play of adults" and shouldn't go to the bottom of the priority list.
Pothole claims: Drivers seek more than $4000 in compo for car damages
Drivers made claims after hitting potholes and damaging their tyres and exhausts.
Bay of Plenty iwi to vote on $100m Crown settlement
An initial settlement offer of $40 million was rejected 26 years ago.
'Cruel and heartless': $52k annual tax on 'miracle drug' slammed
'We will do anything to keep our boy alive but ... detest having to pay tax to do so.'
Rain brings play to a halt during second round of Carrus Tauranga Open
The competition will resume tomorrow.
'Great experience and mana': New District Commander starts in the Bay of Plenty
Superintendent Tim Anderson has outlined his key priorities.
Picnic tables and a gym: New pop-up park in Gate Pā
There are also free one-hour fitness sessions on offer.
'Inadequate': Pathlab temporarily closes two clinics in the Bay
The disruption is likely to continue for the rest of the year.
100 join waitlist for unopened medical centre in Pāpāmoa
"The growth rate in Pāpāmoa is huge so this will really help to serve the community."
Public transport 20pc push labelled 'just plain wrong' despite approval
Plan to push 20 per cent of car commuters on to public transport within 10 years.
Crown appeals teen rapist's home detention sentence
An appeal has been filed despite the Crown earlier defending its position on the sentence.
Luke Kirkness: Decision to end school consent and healthy relationships programme wrong
OPINION: Sexual harm is a major issue in young people's lives.
Lifeguard buoyed by national recognition
"Good buggers" behind Boyd Harris make it easy for him to do the mahi.
Te Puna rally driver Jordan Grant hoping for swift run at championship
Jordan Grant has been hooked on going sideways on gravel for years.