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Zizi Sparks: Urgent focus needed on challenged children

Opinion: Helping kids with developmental issues should be top priority.

Letters: Rates a sensitive topic in Tauranga

Readers have their say.

Matt Cowley: Funding our region's future

Opinion: TECT must do something to protect the cheque for the next 30 years, but what?

Stephanie Worsop: More to be done to achieve true gender equality

Opinion: It's better being a woman in 2021 than 1821 but it's still hard.

Stephanie Worsop: Going down the rabbit hole of pet peeves

Opinion: Everyone has their own specific pet peeves, what are yours?

Dawn Picken: It's not cancel culture, it's progress

OPINION: It's only cancel culture when you don't like the change, Dawn Picken writes.

Tsunami scare: How did we cope?

A potential tsunami forced us to find out how effective our evacuation plans are.

Letters: Infrastructure projects should focus on the now, not future

Readers have their say.

In a pandemic, till alert level 4 do us part

OPINION: My fiance and I are just going to go with the flow when planning our wedding

Letters to the editor: MPs should know hardship

Readers have their say.

Claire Trevett: What's eating Simon Bridges?

OPINION: There is method to Bridges' madness, but his colleagues may not agree.

Zizi Sparks: Bring on more ratepayer groups

Opinion: The more the better when it comes to representation.

Letters to the editor: No options in TECT proposal

Readers have their say.

Stephanie Worsop: Trampoline injuries raise questions about cotton wool kids

Opinion: Kids may be shielded from more dangers but are they learning risk management?

Samantha Motion: Up to us to listen in and speak out on local affairs

Opinion: Participation in a democracy is a two-way street.

Letters: An exciting time for arts in Tauranga

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Letters: Why not wind up TECT and pay everyone out?

A reader says a payout would give 49,000 people enough to install solar.

Kelly Makiha: Police chase rethink needs to save lives

Opinion: A rethink of the police pursuit rules will hopefully be a lifesaver