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The Premium Debate: should there be greater presence at bus stops?

OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.

Luke Kirkness: Police need to be respected more and the buck stops with us

Luke Kirkness says police in NZ don't deserve to be spat at, bitten or hit.

Letters: supermarkets are not charities

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: I'm about to lose my job but I'm not sorry to go

OPINION: Change should happen when it's needed most

Opinion: Supermarket profits a slap in the face to hardworking Kiwis

OPINION: A slap in the face is a good way to describe how these profits make me feel.

Special memories of whānau and a different New Zealand

Rob Rattenbury reflects on his early years and a different New Zealand.

Michele Hunter: We need to make it inconvenient to commit crime

OPINION: Where is the justice for the victims?

Letters to the editor: Banning smacking is behind crime rate

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Letters: City should get maximum benefit from elder housing sale

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Rob Rattenbury: Pākehā need to be trusted with referendum on He Puapua

OPINION: We need a referendum on He Puapua, because progress depends on public support.

Dr Tony Farrell: Reining in alcohol industry will reduce health burden

OPINION: The Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act needs reviewing

Luke Kirkness: I've started vaping - and I'm on the way to getting hooked

OPINION: I've picked up a bad habit that is hard to shake despite not being a smoker.

Ram raids are violent, thuggish and dangerous

OPINION: Grumpy old men and women have been sounding the warning for years.

Sonya Bateson: Pensioners have the short end of poverty stick

OPINION: It's expensive to be poor.

Premium Debate: Drivers fume over $150 bus lane fines in trial cul-de-sac

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Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: If you want people to react badly, keep them waiting in the cold

Opinion: Why is MSD treating people like cattle?