As the MP for Waiariki, a co-leader of the Maori Party and a Minister, I am privileged that I have opportunities in Parliament to

Good things take time, and while Rotorua's new rubbish system has encountered some "glitches and issues" last week I believe one week

Last week the unemployment rate fell to 4.9 per cent, the lowest level since the Global Financial Crisis in 2008. By comparison to

COMMENT: Reducing a woman you've never met to her physicality is not a compliment; it's weird and inappropriate.

Street View: Do you think seclusion rooms in schools should be banned? 031116bf1.JPG No. Because there has to be some way to chastise

Does Rotorua need another public fireworks display? I say yes. I don't particularly like fireworks, I admit anything more exciting

Perhaps your correspondent Jim Gray (Letters November 3) might consider offering his own ideas to overcome this shameful problem in

It was with interest that I read Rod Petterson's thoughts on a drug-free tenancy clause being included in the agreement of rental

Street view: Has Steven Adams' success made you more interested in basketball? 021116bf3.JPG I don't know who that is. The only

Street View: Do you think firework sales should be banned to the public? No, I think it's become a bit of a tradition. HUNIA ROGERS

With the P contamination of homes on the increase don't you think it's time the landlord was given the chance to protect his/her asset

I am left wondering why the $31,000 report commissioned by council and conducted by the National Research Bureau was only released

This is my first official column as the Labour Waiariki candidate for 2017. If you don't know, it's the Maori electorate that covers

Street view: What would you do if you won the $30 million Powerball jackpot tonight? 281016roshanDP.JPG I'd buy a house - that's

COMMENT: We need to save the Kiwi dream before it's too late.

Street View: Does the Dreamworld tragedy put you off theme-park rides? 271016bf1.jpg Not really, but probably over there it would

THE results of the annual council-commissioned Community Satisfaction Survey are out and while the results weren't hugely surprising

A_27061j6.JPG Given that this is the last week that this will happen as we know it, I would like to pay homage to the "rubbish boys"

Street View: Do you think Rotorua needs more accommodation providers? Everyone needs more accommodation everywhere at the moment. PAUL

H Brasser (Letters, October 22) chides council for spending $200,000 on promoting Rotorua to the people of Auckland. I like many

COMMENT: Sadly, the game I once loved has mutated into a smorgasbord of unsavoury fare.

Every special day has an anthem and for me the anthem for Labour Day is Working Class Man, the classic no frills ballad by gravel-voiced

Kelly_Makiha_FEB16.eps About 430 Rotorua residents know how the All Blacks will be feeling today after their record-breaking win against

Street View - Who is your favourite All Black of all time? 231016sp22.jpg That's a hard one, but it has to be Michael Jones. He

As a retailer in the CBD, I'd like to say thank you to Rotorua Lakes District Council for establishing the Rotorua Farmers Market

COMMENT: Aucklanders, I'm sorry if it seems we're giving you mixed messages. It's not you, it's us, writes Katie Holland.

The post mortem of the election is hardly behind us, but already the council's spending machine is again in full swing. This time

This is a great week to celebrate Rotorua. Rotorua's visitor industry has seen its best August on record for visitor numbers and

COMMENT: As a child of the Central North Island I can't think of a better place to be than the Bay of Plenty.

Street view: What are your plans for this Labour Weekend? 201016sp3.JPG Just chilling with the family. ANTS HAINES, 32 Pukehangi 201016sp4.JPG I'm