Latest FromBOPT Opinion
Smokers should light up at home
The new move to ban smokers from any al fresco outdoor dining and drinking areas has been criticised by some in the Tauranga hospitality scene as a step too far. But is it really?
Editorial: Risky, illegal mean unsafe
The issues caused by synthetic cannabis haven't gone away since the ban on psychoactive drugs, writes Amy Wiggins.
Opinion: Speed-eating contest hard to stomach
The freak shows of old which made these overeaters objects of fun and entertainment didn't die out in the Victorian age, writes Annemarie Quill.
Editorial: A food and fashion fix for ailing CBD
There needs to be a dining and fashion focus for Tauranga city. That's the way to go. Downtown needs to have a unique selling point, writes Amy Wiggins.
Why do people get so angry?
It is the hardest thing to maintain your composure when someone you are speaking to takes an abrasive turn, writes Marcel Currin.
Being a twit in a Twitter world...
Things have changed since Einstein's day. We not only have to worry about the universe, but something equally unfathomable - the Twitter-verse, writes Annemarie Quill.