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Letters: After Cyclone Gabrielle, Govt must step up its priorities
Our readers have their say.
Zoe Hunter: When one region is hurting, others need to step up
There are already examples of help flowing from the Bay of Plenty to cyclone-hit regions.
Kiri Gillespie: Greater insight into teenage mental wellbeing a no-brainer
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ChatGPT threatens language diversity in the age of AI
OPINION: Writing itself is a technology that can be used to further inequality.
Sonya Bateson: Social media - we can’t live with it; we can’t live without it
OPINION: I hate social media.
Cyclone Gabrielle shows how real the threat from climate change is
OPINION: The impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle are utterly devastating.
Looks matter when it comes to shopfronts
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Opinion: Community effort needed in cyclone response
OPINION: Emotions are going to be running high after a wet summer and recent flooding.
Matt Cowley: The inflation standoff we’re yet to solve
COMMENT: Inflation is impacting everyone.
Sonya Bateson: Why is tipping rearing its ugly head in our society?
OPINION: 'Now I fear that tipping is creeping more and more into everyday life.'
Letters: Governments come and go - individuals like Ardern are rare
Readers have their say.
Jo Raphael: Even my dog is more prepared for an emergency than I am
OPINION: Soggy Shaky Isles forces need for emergency preparedness.
Ngahi Bidois: Sharing the fruit of the knowledge tree
OPINION: There is no new knowledge that someone did not know before you.
Letters to the editor: New Zealand history was taught in schools
OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Sonya Bateson: Expensive school uniforms a yoke around parents’ necks
OPINION: If we got rid of uniforms, we could see hand-me-downs back in the schoolyard.
Letters to the editor: Support the Tauranga Domain hands-off campaign
OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say in our letters to the editor.
Richard Prebble: Chris Hipkins must capitalise on honeymoon bounce
Events overwhelm governments. New PM shouldn’t just wait for it to happen.
Jo Raphael: Personal attacks on ex-PM shameful
OPINION: At least eight people were charged with threatening to kill her during her term.
Letters to the editor: Allow for consultation with affected neighbours
OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Opinion: Building up not out needs embracing
Opinion: The days of the quarter-acre dream could be in the rearview.
Letters to the editor: Tauranga city looking scruffy; developing good government
OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Which politicians impressed at Rātana
There was plenty of laughter and good advice for the politicians.
Carmen Hall: Food price hikes will hurt poorest most
Vegetable soup has got me through a few winters.
Two things could prevent fatal drownings. Why is New Zealand not doing them?
Opinion: Dozens of human lives would be saved this year. Here's how.
Jo Raphael: Young people to be praised for their NCEA efforts
OPINION: Our young people are unfazed by small failures.
Should I let my child have a YouTube channel?
OPINION: Age-appropriate channel creation wasn’t a topic my parents had to ponder.
Mark Lister: We’re beating inflation, but it’ll come at a price
OPINION: The most crucial development has been increasing evidence of slowing inflation.
Sonya Bateson: Where’s the plan to combat a looming recession?
OPINION: I found myself investigating how to make reusable toilet paper this week.
The Premium Debate: Subscribers react to abandoned car wrecks on Bay roads
OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.
Letters to the editor: Hardship grants, the economy and the Government
OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Subscribers weigh in on homeowners facing skyrocketing interest hikes
OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.