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Let's get Trikafta over the line for cystic fibrosis sufferers.

Dawn Picken: Hard choices on and off the court

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Sonya Bateson: How to tell whether someone is a good person

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Opinion: How Tauranga's faring under commission rule

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The Premium Debate: Subscribers overwhelmingly in favour of funding Trikafta

OPINION: Premium subscribers react to news that drug could be step closer to being funded.

Luke Kirkness: The impact of social media on local politics

OPINION: Good luck to everyone who decided to put their hands up in a local election.

Letters: Justice system needs old-school overhaul

Our readers have their say

Jo Raphael: Our local elections need lively debate, discussion and competition

OPINION: Some fields are wide open, while others are a cakewalk.

Opinion: The scary Covid wake-up call New Zealand needed

OPINION: Personal responsibility appears to be lacking for too many people recently.

The Prem Debate: It began as wants, and now it's about needs

OPINION: Concerns have been raised that pay later schemes could fuel addiction.

Felix Desmarais: Lemons, feijoas and karma in the suburbs

OPINION: Not everyone lives in the same fruity Pollyanna world as me, and it hurt.

Letters to the editor: Don't fluoridate the water

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Michele Hunter: What Covid has taught me

OPINION: Covid was like a giant re-set button.

Matt Cowley: Retail crime is bigger than we realise

This is serious, scary stuff – without an obvious solution

Opinion: Should parents be held responsible for their kids' crimes?

Opinion: Parents should be held responsible when their kids act up and harm others.

The Prem Debate: Subscriber views on ram raids in Bay of Plenty

OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say on the 'devastating' impact of ram raids.