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Jo Raphael: Working from home - and making the most of a bad situation
These are some strange times.
Bryan Gould: No moral leadership in Trump's vaccine grab
COMMENT: Why was it not enough just to obtain access to the vaccine?
Samantha Motion: Confessions of a panic buyer
COMMENT: Stop trolley shaming people who are just stocking up a little.
Letters: Passenger rail ignored at our demise
Handshakes and future transport options are among subjects readers have written about.
Bryan Gould: Coronavirus can be overcome if we pull together
Now is the time for governments to step up to the plate and use their powers for good.
Mosque attacks - 'I'm so sorry your dreams were shattered'
Comment: Those who lived through the trauma will have mental scars to the day they die.
Samantha Motion: We are all in this pandemic together
COMMENT: As coronavirus spreads, people in our community are hurting - but you can help.
Dawn Picken: Why working from home works for staff and businesses
COMMENT: Flexible work is useful for reasons other than avoiding disease.
Saima Anis: Do we have the courage to understand our differences?
COMMENT: We need to teach our children the power of acceptance and diversity.
Letters: How did Transport Hub get consent in the first place?
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Carmen Hall: State home lottery draw not good enough
I understand the housing crisis is historic but it is not good enough.
Jane Trask: We need to fix the homeless problem now
What can be done about increasing numbers of homeless people within Rotorua?
Carmen Hall: Drivers who flee the police are idiots
Police plea for fleeing drivers in the Bay of Plenty to stop.
Letters: Region dodges a bullet as rain breaks drought
Our forests need a 1080 drop so they can recover from pests, restoring drought protection.
Bryan Gould: I urge customers to stand up for themselves
Customers need to stand up for themselves just as Bryan Gould has done.
Rob Rattenbury: Dual naming needed in Aotearoa New Zealand
'We have nothing in common with Zeeland but everything in common with Aotearoa.'
What we owe to Jeanette Fitzsimons
Catherine Delahunty pays tribute to a friend, neighbour and leader.
Dawn Picken: Want a break from coronavirus and doom? Then read on ...
COMMENT: Warning - this column is not about pandemics or politics. Read at your own risk.
Letters to the editor: Council legal costs and assisted dying
Readers have their say.
Carmen Hall: Crankworx great for competitors and city
COMMENT: The event is going from strength to strength.
Carmen Hall: All work places should be drug free
COMMENT: I support drug testing - in every workplace regardless of what you do.
Letters to the editor: Resurrect passenger rail urgently
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Letters: Revoked begging ban could spell trouble for CBD
Readers have their say on Tauranga's begging ban and poor school attendance.
Letters: Ratepayer to be charged more and receive less
At some point getting bigger becomes too big.
Bryan Gould: Could Trump be nurturing a dictatorship?
COMMENT: There are parallels between Trump and the rise of Hitler.
Dawn Picken: Tough men, submissive women a recipe for domestic violence
COMMENT: Hannah Clarke case shows we have much myth-busting to do around family harm.
Kiri Gillespie: Thank goodness the begging ban quagmire is over
The entire issue became a divisive quagmire beyond the scope of local politics.
Letters to the editor: Gangs and water shortages
Readers have their say on issues.