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Zoe Hunter: Bring back the New Year's Eve party at the Mount

COMMENT: The past few years have been dead on December 31, it's time for change.

Dawn Picken: Lessons from a cyclone

COMMENT: For most of us, 2020 will be neither smashing success nor abject failure.

Letters: Rates debate and PM pride

Readers share their views.

Carmen Hall: Cigarette addiction has cost me tens of thousands of dollars

COMMENT: But giving up smoking is not as easy.

Katee Shanks: I'll never look at Whakaari the same way again

It's during the downtime when thoughts of December 9 come to the fore.

Zizi Sparks: We'll never be the same again after White Island

One month on the effects of the eruption are still seen in the small community.

Buddy Mikaere: Let's hail the delicacy that is the New Zealand mussel

COMMENT: They deserve an international reputation.

Zizi Sparks: Help Surf Life Saving NZ so it can help you

COMMENT: Help lifeguards stay afloat. You never know when they might do the same for you.

Letters: Tauranga's housing shortage and rates comparison

Opinion: Readers have their say.

Todd Muller: Clean waterways are everyone's responsibility

Our country's reality is that we all need to play a role in a clean water solution.

Letters: Thanks for getting the track opened

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Opinion: Shout out to the unsung gems behind our honourees

Recognising the people who quietly make way for greatness.

Bryan Gould: A time for reflection, and change

There is no salvation for any of us if we go on asserting that nothing need change.

Letters: Not such a happy New Year at the Mount

Readers have their say.

Dawn Picken: Eight things that could make life better

Aspirations for a better Bay of Plenty in 2020

Jo Raphael: Former water baby grateful for lifeguards

Between the Flags campaign highlights work our surf lifesavers do.

Zizi Sparks: Christmas appeals making all the difference

The past six weeks have seen donations for food banks flow in.

Letters: Otakiri Springs decision a joke

Readers have their say.