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Letters: Time to make a new Treaty
Letters: Readers talk about the Treaty of Waitangi and council jobs.
Rotorua to compete with Auckland for growth
It is important we get our fair share of the economic wealth generated by our city.
New positivity rising among anglers
With the new fishing season approaching there is a new positivity rising among anglers.
Rider development scheme kicking off
The Mountain Club's rider development programme is kicking off in October.
Letters: Let logic overcome fear when facing stranger danger
Letters: Readers discuss stranger danger, bats and increasing speed limits.
Opinion: Faster speed limit will see higher road tolls
Opinion: The only thing a faster speed limit will do is increase the road toll.
Letters: Opportunities for major council savings
Readers' views on the Te Tatau o Te Arawa Board and the Taxpayers' Union report.
Opinion: Sir Colin Meads was the genuine article
With Sir Colin what you saw is what you got. I like that in a person.
Let sleeping statues lie
Rosemary McLeod would happily start with the toppling of recent statues.
Letters: Better rail needed to Rotorua
Readers give their thoughts on rail between Auckland and the regions and Maori in schools.
Letters: Time to speak up, Rotorua
Readers give their thoughts on water bottling, the rail link and Maori representation.
Rachel Stewart: Ardern oasis in political desert
COMMENT: Labour leader's magnetism has not been seen since Clark and Lange.
Bryan Gould: Lending restraints shed light
A failure to act now could only mean that house prices will continue to rise.
Opinion: Take up Rotorua's bilingual challenge
Opinion: If we do not use the language, then we will lose it.
Letters: Is cost of train link justified?
Readers give their thoughts on the regional rail link idea and the state of our city.
Letters: Rio Panapa an 'extra special individual'
Sons of Zion lead singer Rio Panapa has a definite fan in our letters column today.
Winter spawning over for the year
August and September are usually the more difficult months for anglers.
Sponsors crucial to events
Sponsors back mountain bike events, clubs and trails and help make the sport safer.
Opinion: Proposed rail service perfect timing
Opinion: Rail service connecting cities a no-brainer.
Letters: New Zealand like living in 'paradise'
Letters: Readers discuss living in 'paradise', politics and a proposed rail service.
Opinion: Shelter shows love trumps hate
Opinion: A local man's plan to help the homeless is a reminder that love trumps hate.
Street view: Thoughts on rapid rail service
We ask locals their thoughts on a daily regional passenger rail service.
Letters: Time to retire town clock's mechanism
Letters: Readers share their views on the town clock, the National Party and boot camps.
Opinion: Parents, not children, should be the ones in boot camps
Opinion: It's not criminal youth who need boot camps, it's the adults who raise them.
Opinion: A youth home in your backyard
How would you feel if a home for remand youths was to open in your backyard?
Opinion: What price a water tax?
How far should we go in setting a price on a resource that all own or none owns?
Rachel Stewart: Hysteria over water policy pitiful
COMMENT: Labour's water policy is not as difficult to understand as you might think.
Letters: Will boot camp policy work?
Letters: Readers share their views on National's boot camp announcement.
Letters: Consult people on voting system
Views on local body voting systems and use of pokie machine money.
Opinion: Drop the synthetics and get help
Opinion: No high is worth dying for. Drop the synthetics and get help.
Letters: More to becoming bilingual than changing signs
Letters: There's more to becoming a bilingual city than changing signs, one person writes.
Lack of water traffic good for fishing
It all boils down to being at the right place at the right time.