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Zizi Sparks: Spotting a rip should be part of swimming lessons

Opinion: About 700 people need rescuing from rips each year.

Jo Raphael: We need clarity on essential workers

OPINION: Russell Howard and the Wiggles are a hoot but are they 'essential workers'?

Rob Rattenbury: Memo fun police - NZers won't tolerate a Nanny state

Well-meaning people try to remove risk from every single part of our lives.

Why I'm lucky I bought my first home a year ago

Opinion: I thought being a first home buyer was hard enough a year ago let alone now.

Jacob McSweeny: Two road rage incidents with vastly different outcomes

Opinion: When the middle finger fails to deliver your road rage message.

Stephanie Worsop: Am I in danger of becoming an entitled 'Karen'?

Opinion: A situation at a restaurant had family members labelling me as a 'Karen'.

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.

Letters: Two hours of free parking is not enough time

Opinion: Readers have their say.

Matt Cowley: Five factors that will impact businesses in 2021

OPINION: Business owners will face pressure to make decisions and revisit strategies.

Zizi Sparks: Keeping rental pool afloat everyone's responsibility

Opinion: Landlords need to embrace new tenancy laws and tenants need to be good ones.

Dawn Picken: A new chapter opens for America

"You don't have to be American to have felt the pain and betrayal."

Dawn Picken: Is Martin Luther King jnr's dream still alive?

OPINION: King's dream is not dead, but it does appear to be on life support.

Kiri Gillespie: Lax holiday-mode attitude to Covid-19 QR scans must stop

OPINION: Life isn't back to normal yet. Even if it looks like it, a little.

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.