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Letters: There's a place for kindness and compassion in our society

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Opinion: Should we have a national day to commemorate the New Zealand Wars?

OPINION: Our history isn't black and white. It's that and everything in between.

Kiri Gillespie: Near miss - how travelling 5km/h under the limit likely saved my life

Gaining a driver's licence is a privilege . . . it's up to all of us to drive like it.

Letters: It makes sense to continue mask use

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: government terms should be four years

OPINION: Three years is too short to do anything really constructive for New Zealand.

Opinion: Do some Kiwis have an aversion to physical work?

OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say on the state of the workforce.

Premium Debate: Govt handouts disincentive to work

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Zoe Hunter: Why it's important young people attend Anzac services

OPINION: Lest we forget. We will remember them.

Opinion: Plenty of driver licencing roadblocks holding up young people

OPINION: Learning to drive for the first time is hard enough.

Carmen Hall: No sympathy for those over-committed on mortgage

OPINION: If you can't afford a mortgage hike why did you borrow in the first place?

The Premium Debate: Not a good time to buy first home

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Luke Kirkness: Proactive steps needed to tackle road toll

OPINION: What's the price of your life or that of your loved ones?

Jo Raphael: Why I'll still be masking up in public at orange

OPINION: Covid is still in the community, which is why I'm choosing to wear a mask.

Rob Rattenbury: The case for more trains, and more public transport in general

OPINION: NZ one of a few developed countries not making passenger rail travel a priority.

TikTok doesn't have to be a black hole your time disappears into

Opinion: Everything in moderation, including social media, says Zizi Sparks.

Michele Hunter: Growing up in a pandemic - what Covid has taught my children

OPINION: My daughter's never known school outside a pandemic.