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![Editorial: Pension scheme may be winner](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Editorial: Pension scheme may be winner
A new study shows retirees who rely on the pension as their sole source of income are scraping by at the bottom of the economic ladder.
![Tommy Kapai: Slow mode presents poetry in motion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Tommy Kapai: Slow mode presents poetry in motion
"Happy Daddy's Day," beamed the best present a father could ever hope for, "what are We going to do today, Dad?"
![Editorial: Gang too axe happy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Editorial: Gang too axe happy
Move over Mongrel Mob, there is a new gang in town - destructive, barbaric, unwilling to listen to those who know better, devoid of aesthetics, hell bent on devaluing what has taken years to build.
![Marcel Currin: Twerking into dirty dancing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Marcel Currin: Twerking into dirty dancing
I woke up this week into a world where twerking is a real word. Twerking. I bet that plays havoc with the spell check.
![Editorial: Election bungle blow to newbies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Editorial: Election bungle blow to newbies
The election signs fiasco has been a confusing mess for the past couple of weeks.
![Martine Rolls: Professionals find place to connect](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Martine Rolls: Professionals find place to connect
Network meetings and real recommendations from people who know what you can do are the best way to connect in business, there's no denying that.
![Editorial: Protect Mount's identity](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Editorial: Protect Mount's identity
Developer Bain McDonald's recommendation that a Mount Maunganui carpark be transformed into an open space for the public ticks a number of boxes.
![Editorial: Tough penalty needed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Editorial: Tough penalty needed
Tougher penalties are needed to curb the rising number of protection orders being breached across the country.
![Editorial: Birthing unit is overdue](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Editorial: Birthing unit is overdue
The day one's child is born is a precious memory however they come into the world, but the place of birth is paramount for mums to be, particularly first-time mums.
![Marcel Currin: Submissions win political bouts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Marcel Currin: Submissions win political bouts
And now White Island is getting restless. It's all a bit disconcerting, isn't it? It's as though the whole country is having a wee stretch.
![Editorial: Fair go for all needed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Editorial: Fair go for all needed
Local body elections are upon us, but it seems Tauranga council doesn't want us to know who is standing.
![Editorial: Faith merits reward](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Editorial: Faith merits reward
Not many people would be willing to show the level of forgiveness displayed by Tauranga shop owner Faruck Khan.