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Todd Muller: Time to lift the anchor on free trade

Boris Johnson's talk on free trade seems more air than substance but change is possible.

Dawn Picken: Advice for a 17-year-old in a new world

Opinion: For a teenager, postponement looks permanent. But this pause is not forever.

Zoe Hunter: If I wasn't a journalist, I'd be a tradie

COMMENT: Zoe Hunter wishes she'd learned a trade.

Zizi Sparks: Give green waste collection green light

Opinion: There's no reason we shouldn't embrace a green waste collection.

Kelly Makiha: New food rules shouldn't be hard to swallow

Opinion: Why wouldn't you take all steps to be careful?

Letters: Tracer app easy to forget

Readers have their say.

Stephanie Worsop: Are the Ministry's new food guidelines a step too far?

Opinion: The purpose of these guidelines is not to make our jobs as parents harder.

Rob Rattenbury: Generations connect us to our past, and history holds lessons

OPINION: The connection we have to our ancestors is closer than we think.

Stephanie Worsop: The Covid casualty I'm scared we won't get back

Opinion: Will movie theatres fade into extinction in the coming years?

Letters to the editor: Rubbish decision takes wrong path

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Samantha Motion: What the Govt can do now to help first-home buyers

Opinion: House prices are skyrocketing but the First Home Grant cap has stayed the same.

Dawn Picken: Trump's legacy a shameful one

OPINION: Can America once again govern on reason and facts rather than fear and lies?

Jo Raphael: Silencing sirens is a bad idea

OPINION: Sirens need to stay for small communities

Letters to the editor: How can one complaint silence sirens?

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Samantha Motion: Trump makes us treasure the good losers

OPINION: Remember when Winston Peters lost the election and basically disappeared?

Letters to the editor: Time for government to deliver on infrastructure

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Letters to the editor: Calgary's rubbish system similar but more costly

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Samantha Motion: How do we get dirty dumpers to do the right thing?

OPINION: Careless people are treating charity secondhand shops like dumps.