Bay of Plenty TimesOpinion: No escape from the winter bluesEvery year about this time when the cold days and dark nights of August come around I start making promises to myself that I am going 08 Aug 12:10 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Liquor ban positive stepA 24-hour liquor ban in Te Puke can only be a good thing. This week councillors on the Western Bay of Plenty District Council policy 05 Aug 02:20 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesRosemary McLeod: Ambition and stilletos don't mixHow flattering of Hillary Clinton to borrow fashion tips from Helen Clark while they both audition for top jobs. It was Prime Minister 04 Aug 08:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesPredator-free New Zealand next step in conservation programmeNew Zealand's native birds and plants are a treasured part of our nation's identity. We use symbols of the kiwi and the silver fern 04 Aug 03:06 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEva Bradley: Mum sings the birthday bluesCelebrating is something that transcends cultures, demographics and history. No matter when you were born, in what country and even 03 Aug 09:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesRichard Moore: All eyes shift to Rio's prizeThe greatest sports event on the planet is about to kick off with more than 10,000 athletes getting ready to become the focus of the 02 Aug 09:30 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Book world abuzz againHarry Potter mania has once again swept across the globe. Billed as the eighth instalment in the series, Harry Potter and the Cursed 02 Aug 08:30 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesTommy Wilson: City deserves a first-class facilityThere are a lot of good rugby yarns shared after a post-match battle on a footy field. Over the years, just like a Chinese whisper 01 Aug 07:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Never mind doping, just relish actionThere is something about the Olympic Games every four years that is simply irresistible to me. They call it the Greatest Show on 01 Aug 04:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Kids in court rough justiceTurning 18 is a big deal in New Zealand. Once you're 18, you can drink, vote, smoke, buy scratchies, place bets at the TAB or use 29 Jul 08:37 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesRosemary McLeod: A circus of our own makingThey've been the best of times, surely, free of war and famine, well fed and medicated, never needing to bother about things that 28 Jul 08:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Distress of street shooting widely feltNo matter the circumstances, the loss of a young life is always a tragedy. Shargin Stephens, who died on Tuesday nearly two weeks 28 Jul 07:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEva Bradley: It's goodbye, cruel worldObservation and knowledge of reality are topics that raise all sorts of prickly philosophical questions, chief among them the one 27 Jul 09:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Weak IOC passes buckThe International Olympic Committee's decision not to ban the Russian Federation from the Rio Olympics is a blow to clean athletes 27 Jul 08:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Hunter's act beggars beliefI was about 10 years old when my brother shot me in the knee. The .22 calibre bullet ripped a small hole in my corduroy trousers 27 Jul 03:19 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesRichard Moore: Tick the box before you goAre you a donor? By that, I mean are you registered to give your organs, or body parts, to someone who needs them in the event of 26 Jul 08:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: A guilt trip in the egg aisleI've always bought free-range eggs. I've never thought twice about it. If I'm a bit strapped for cash, I will forgo eggs, rather than 26 Jul 07:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesTommy Wilson: Reflecting on our gene poolHave you ever walked past someone and said to yourself: "geez he looks familiar - in fact he looks just like me?" I remember watching 25 Jul 05:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: The fast track to outright inertiaAs a society we seem to be getting more and more lazy. Far-fetched as it may seem, it does make me wonder if one day we really could 25 Jul 04:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Bottles reward makes senseWhat better way to encourage people to recycle than by paying them to do it. That is essentially what Tauranga City Council voted 21 Jul 10:06 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEva Bradley: Reconnecting with realityIt's hard in today's connected, catalogued world to go off grid and be intrepid. Unless you're prepared to go to some fairly extreme 20 Jul 09:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Doping scale is what shocksIt's a mind-blowing level of corruption, even for Russia. A report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency has revealed that 20 Jul 08:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesRichard Moore: Cooks crowd deliver real hitsOver the weekend I went to the greatest game of rugby I have seen. It wasn't the skills, or the score, that made it so outstanding 19 Jul 09:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: NZ is haven from troubleUnited States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg recently told the New York Times that if Donald Trump became President she would 19 Jul 08:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesTommy Wilson: New game has an old ring to itYou've got the whole world in your hands, was a huge hit in the '60s and it could be making a comeback. If you can rewind the memory 19 Jul 01:21 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: NZ police get it right on gunsIt seems to have been a fortnight of violence. America is in the most volatile state I have ever seen after police shot African American 16 Jul 10:35 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Mobile game a little craze-yTo be honest, I don't know what all the fuss is about this Pokemon Go craze that is sweeping the world. For those of you who have 15 Jul 07:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesRosemary McLeod: Legs to out-Fox their rivalsEveryone should watch Fox News a few times a year, if only to be reminded of why women have legs. It's certainly not for walking. I 14 Jul 09:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Obama stuck in the middleYOU would think that Barack Obama must be counting down the days until his term as United States president comes to an end later this 14 Jul 08:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesNational committed to giving children the best start in lifeNational believes New Zealanders deserve high-quality health services and delivering better services remains our top priority. At 13 Jul 11:03 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesEva Bradley: Parents shouldn't be penalisedIt's long been said that it takes a village to raise a child but if you read the updated 21st-century manual it seems that all it 13 Jul 09:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Women in police deserve praiseThis month we are celebrating 75 years of women being in the New Zealand Police. As a police reporter for more than 10 years, I once 13 Jul 08:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesOpinion: Time for action rather than feasibility studiesHow many more feasibility studies does it really need to create the vibrant city heart Tauranga residents have been promised for many 12 Jul 09:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesRichard Moore: Shootings are truly shockingWhile New Zealand has its race issues, they cannot compare with what is going on in the United States at the moment. Here people 12 Jul 08:00 AM
