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Opinion: Up to PM where to celebrate Waitangi Day

It's good to have choices. Our new prime minister can choose where he wants to celebrate Waitangi Day. This year he was invited

Opinion: Let's consider moving the summer holidays

In my childhood memories of Christmas holidays the sun is always shining, it's never raining and cardigans aren't required. It's

Letters: Leave Pike River dead in the mine

A_150117SPLPIKE1.JPG Your cartoon by Hubbard (January 24) re the Winston Peters "bottom" lining the Pike river disaster is a good

Street view - Are there any areas around Rotorua you think the road needs improving?

Are there any areas around Rotorua you think the road needs improving? 250117ag1.JPG None that I can think of right now, they're

Letters: Council considering freedom camping options

In response to your correspondent Roger Wootton's concerns regarding freedom camping (Letters, January 19), Rotorua Lakes Council

Street view: Is it hard to find time to do physical activities or play sport?

Street view: Is it hard to find time to do physical activities or play sport? 240117sp3.JPG I think I could find time but mentally

Rachel Stewart: Stage set for worse to come

COMMENT: Not even a week into Trump's presidency, it's crystal clear that US citizens are now dealing with a fascist regime, writes Rachel Stewart.

Lessons learnt from Goff's cost cutting

CUTTING COSTS: Phil Goff, who is pictured sworn as Auckland mayor by Auckland Council chief executive Stephen Town, is already cutting

Opinion: Drink driving inexcusable

There's no excuse for driving drunk. It is one of those things that in times gone by, people could plead ignorance, saying they felt

Letters: Who's responsible for roading woes?

In response to the letter to the editor about traffic woes affecting our prosperity (January 18), I wholeheartedly agree with the

Street view: If you could buy a house in any suburb, where would it be and why?

Street view: If you could buy a house in any suburb, where would it be and why? It wouldn't be Western Heights. I used to live by

Letters: Freedom campers abusing our reserves

BYLAWS NEEDED: Freedom campers are flocking to reserves and ignoring the rules, but councils should do more to stop them. PHOTO/FILE

Queenstown's okay but we're better

Kelly_Makiha_FEB16.eps For as long as I've lived in Rotorua, there's always been a niggly yet healthy competitive rivalry with Queenstown. It's

Street view: Do you support the doctor's strike?

Street view: Do you support the doctor's strike? 170117sj01.JPG Yes I do because where I used to live there used to be five junior

Letters: Traffic woes will affect business

Te Ngae Rd is a driver's nightmare and yet there was a solution in the pipeline, instead we now have people trying to avoid Te Ngae

Unwanted male attention? Use the block

COMMENT: To block someone is not censorship. It's just that I don't want to hear you, or more to the point, for you to hear me, writes Rachel Stewart.