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Opinion: Tasering of elderly dementia patient appalling
Opinion: "A health issue should not be confused with aggressive, law-breaking behaviour."
How you can transform food waste into sustainable savings
Opinion: Expert tips on saying goodbye to food waste and hello to savings.
Premium Debate: Why Labour’s Budget might be the most radical in 30 years
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Reader opinion: Locals deserve better on State Highway 2
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The Premium Debate: 33 pothole complaints in 10 days
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Opinion: Why I'm only slightly surprised by this Budget
OPINION: The announcement I'm most interested in - for selfish reasons.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: No need to fear strong, Māori, women politicians
Opinion: Female Māori politicians are challenging some of the norms of Parliament.
Premium Debate: Subscribers react to teens hooked on vaping
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The Premium Debate: How AI could impact the legal sector
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The Premium Debate: Ability will always trump personality
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Jo Raphael: Hitting the brakes on fleeing drivers
OPINION: Trying to outrun the police is stupid, dangerous and reckless.
The Premium Debate: Mum's plight confirms Third World status
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Mark Lister: Is a recession possible with unemployment this low?
COMMENT: The labour market is still extremely tight and wages are still rising solidly.
The Premium Debate: Subscribers react to farmers facing a 'profit squeeze'
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Opinion: Why the toll road price hikes really grind my gears
OPINION: If I’m paying to drive on a road, I want the option of being able to safely pass.
Opinion | I upped sticks and moved to Aussie - the grass isn't greener, so I came home
OPINION: Yes the work perks are better but what about missing your family?
The Premium Debate: Use the Budget to give the team of five million a break
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Opinion: Working fulltime and studying? Why you should hang in there
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Whānau Ora students show why it's worth being committed.
Letters: The monarchy is a money-maker for the UK
Opinion: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
The Premium Debate: Subscribers react to Kiwis moving to Aussie for better lives
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Letters: Lovely, leafy Tauranga Domain 'ill-suited' for a sports stadium
OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Sonya Bateson: My view on whether we should build the controversial stadium
Opinion: I like the idea - but I also cherish our parks and green spaces.
Opinion: Kids paying the price of sociologists' teacher takeover
Opinion: New teachers graduate with scant knowledge of the science of human learning.
Opinion: Time to consider a day to honour all who have served
'From the veterans I spoke to, not one objected to November 11 being named Veterans Day.'
Richard Prebble: Why taxing ‘the rich’ will hurt us all
OPINION: Labour is using "the wealthy" as an enemy to help it win the election.
Premium debate: NZ's illegal street racing problem not just about boy racers
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Gord Stewart: Backpedal tourism to a better future
Opinion: Rebuilding our visitor experience to be what people should want from NZ.
Jo Raphael: We need to get back on track with childhood immunisations
OPINION: Imagine a baby having to deal with whooping cough. It’s absolutely unthinkable.
The Premium Debate: Subscribers weigh in on tax changes
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