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Letters: The Mount has lost its soul

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Dogs teach us about ourselves

Pets can teach us a lot about how we view ourselves.

Calculating the brevity of a long life

It's easy to see our days are numbered, but not so easy to change our lives because of it.

Letters: Let's have a gondola to the top of Mauao

Readers have their say.

Opinion: What can leadership do for a city divided?

No one has the mayoralty of New Zealand's fifth biggest city in the bag.

Letters: Give the elderly back the ground floor

Readers have their say.

Opinion: How councils can be more business friendly

Opinion: There's a straightforward approach councils can adopt to help businesses.

Letters: Underpass used by everyone

Readers have their say.

From the Sidelines: Year of the Steamers?

Opinion: It's early days but the Bay of Plenty Steamers are looking unstoppable this year.

Letters: Euthanasia is not legalised murder

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Letters: Bayfair underpass or overpass? That is the question

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Bryan Gould: A shortage of money is not a reason for not doing something

Has Reserve Bank deployed all its weapons?

Dawn Picken: Let's put the phrase 'political correctness' on the scrap heap

It's time to retire an old phrase from politics - and everywhere else.

Letters: Assisted suicide could become legalised murder

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Letters: Voters are capable of deciding on a referendum

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Tommy Wilson: Million-word heir hangs up his pen

Tommy Wilson pens his final column for the Bay of Plenty Times.