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![Opinion: Begging issue is more about coin and less about kai](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Opinion: Begging issue is more about coin and less about kai
Tommy Wilson takes aim at the heart of the begging issue.
![Opinion: Bodies are beautiful - why do some of us have trouble with public nudity?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Opinion: Bodies are beautiful - why do some of us have trouble with public nudity?
I've been wondering why public nudity makes me squirm ...
![Opinion: Homeless ban a no-win solution](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Opinion: Homeless ban a no-win solution
Begging and rough sleeping bans in Tauranga: Where does it end?
![Peter Williams: It's time for stale Steve Hansen to go](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Peter Williams: It's time for stale Steve Hansen to go
Could New Zealand's World Cup campaign next year be over in the quarter finals?
![Letters: Zero tolerance needed on begging and rough sleeping](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Letters: Zero tolerance needed on begging and rough sleeping
Readers have their say.
![Peter Williams: Making teaching attractive is the first step](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Peter Williams: Making teaching attractive is the first step
Teachers' pay should be based on incentives and performance
![How a new stadium in Auckland could affect Tauranga](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
How a new stadium in Auckland could affect Tauranga
Auckland Waterfront Consortium has great plans for our biggest city; should the BoP care?
![Opinion: Ditch the screens, go back to books](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Opinion: Ditch the screens, go back to books
The younger generations we are creating are skimming more and remembering less.
![Opinion: Christmas, a season of consumerism](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Opinion: Christmas, a season of consumerism
Giving often seems to benefit the giver more than the recipient
![New blood for Tauranga Community Foodbank](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
New blood for Tauranga Community Foodbank
Former Ballance boss Larry Bilodeau has been named board chairman of Tauranga's foodbank.
![Dawn Picken: Supporting the arts to save souls](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Dawn Picken: Supporting the arts to save souls
It's always the season to support the arts.
![NCEA exams stressful for some students](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
NCEA exams stressful for some students
Thousands of Bay of Plenty students have sat the biggest NCEA exam on Monday.
![Tommy Wilson: Desperate plight as rental hikes hit homeless](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Tommy Wilson: Desperate plight as rental hikes hit homeless
The more increases in rent, the more are homeless — the equation is that simple.
![Gould: The acid test for Labour will come in 2020](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Gould: The acid test for Labour will come in 2020
Bryan Gould: The acid test for Labour will come in 2020.
![Letters: Action needed on State Highway 2](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Letters: Action needed on State Highway 2
Letters: Action needed on state highway 2
![Comment: Free dental care will win votes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Comment: Free dental care will win votes
It's time our mouths were looked after too, writes Peter Williams.
![Letters: Greed is back in town](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Letters: Greed is back in town
Letters: Greed is back in town - but don't be too greedy, writes a reader.
![Opinion: Let's get the Christmas spirit rolling](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Opinion: Let's get the Christmas spirit rolling
They say you can judge a society by how it treats its most vulnerable.
![Not everyone can ask for help](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Not everyone can ask for help
Comment: We all need to step up and play our part to help those with depression.
![Opinion: Get rid of Guy Fawkes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Opinion: Get rid of Guy Fawkes
Why do we commemorate the foiling of a terrorist and attempted murderer?