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Luke Kirkness: It's time to change how we reward Lotto winners
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Michele Hunter: Talking about your problems is the new 'she'll be right mate'
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Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Luxon should have gone further in condemning racism
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Sonya Bateson: I was utterly terrified. How do we combat this anti-social behaviour?
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Opinion: How we're missing the chance to punish bad drivers
Luke Kirkness says the law is the law, and if you break it, you should be punished.
Letters: After another US mass shooting, would weapons bans make people safer?
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The Premium Debate: Subscribers discuss the state of the building and construction industry
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Comment: In these strange and angry times, be the driver of change
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Rob Rattenbury: Broadcasting has changed but it's still the same
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Letters to the editor: Tougher penalties needed for crims
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Comment: Access to vaping needs to be balanced
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Letters: Where are the E-waste recycling options in Tauranga?
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Jo Raphael: We love Australians - well, most of them
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Subscribers debate gang member prison rates
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Sonya Bateson: Parenting guilt is guaranteed
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Premium Debate: the merits of early childhood education
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Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Where have all the children gone?
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Premium Debate: On butcher being burgled, a stranger's gift and a sector in 'crisis'
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Angry people should instead try a bit of kindness.
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