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Dawn Picken: Free speech isn't always free - and it comes at a price

Saying whatever we want can have consequences.

Letters: Is new lane expensive joke or misunderstanding?

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Bryan Gould: A catalogue of American cultural takeover

New Zealand might as well have been transplanted to the American Mid-West.

Letters: Why is PM apologising for Erebus?

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Zizi Sparks: What it's like being drawn into the Black Friday hype

COMMENT: I was in and out in record time.

Dawn Picken: How to make family gatherings merrier and less scary

It's time to change our attitudes.

Letters: No excuse for the damage done to our children

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Zizi Sparks: Things need to change before more lives are lost

COMMENT: Children are being found with unexplained brain injuries and broken skulls.

Samantha Motion: Creeping costs are ruining Christmas

COMMENT: All this festive spending is getting out of hand.

Letters: New council should look forwards not backwards

Readers have their say.

Letters: Beggars come out when cruise ships arrive

Readers have their say.

Samantha Motion: Good riddance to Tauranga's begging ban

COMMENT: What was the end goal of banning begging and rough sleeping?

Letters: Vaping most effective way to stop smoking

Readers have their say.

Jane Trask: It's time to start thinking about our own funerals and their cost

How can we reduce costs in our own funerals? What are our options?

Zizi Sparks: Pride parade needed in Rotorua and Tauranga

More can be done to support pride in the Bay of Plenty.

Bryan Gould: The lucky country's luck runs out, and it could be the same for NZ

We should not feel so smug in NZ, climate change is coming for us, too.