Latest from BOPT Opinion

Dawn Picken: Inequity hurts everyone - it's time to fix the whare

Opinion: We are still living in the house colonialism built and it's time to fix it.

Stephanie Worsop: The new obsession that's made us drop our phones

Stephanie Worsop has a new hobby - and she's on a roll.

Samantha Motion: Changes to school names are remaking history

Opinion: Name changes can be met with grumbles of history erased.

Letters to the editor: A bit of democracy has died

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Liz Davies: The tide is turning for better understanding of te ao Māori

OPINION: There has been an increasing understanding of te ao Māori.

Letters: Call for referendum on rubbish collection

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Jo Raphael: What's next for tourism and hospitality?

OPINION: We're basking in a summer glow but it'll soon be back to reality.

Matt Cowley: The changing environment for businesses

Opinion: An increasingly vocal majority of customers are mindful of climate change.

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?

Dawn Picken: Relief the word of the day as Biden takes reins

OPINION: America is on the path to rejoining the world.