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Dawn Picken: Single can be satisfying on Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day takes on a different meaning when you're single
Buddy Mikaere: Let's keep the national anthem as it is
COMMENT: Our country's song is a bi-cultural icon.
Scammers exploiting death are 'scum'
Let's not make it easy for those taking advantage of grief and goodwill.
Shauni James: Have fun in the sun but don't neglect your skin
It's great to have fun in the sun, but important to be sun smart at the same time.
Letters to the editor: Work ethic, city parking and vehicle noise
Readers have their say.
Letters to the editor: Homelessness, positivity and the Redwoods
Readers have their say.
Jane Trask: Let the 2020 school year begin
Teachers and parents and students anticipate another big year ahead.
Comment | What's so wrong with a bikini top at a mall?
Comment: And, while we're at it, stop policing women's bodies.
Bryan Gould: Political parties are vitally important
Without political parties, parliament would be a collection of disorganised individuals.
Rob Rattenbury: Who runs the world? Volunteers
The value of volunteer labour alone equates to $3.5 billion annually and climbing.
Jane Trask: Undies, undies, undies, TOGS!
'What really is wrong with a little female butt cheek?'
Letters: Hemo Gorge sculpture design and manufacture 'very exciting'
Readers have their say.
Letters: Mixed support after Rotorua council claims
Recent Lakes District Council revelations have sparked a mixed response.
Samantha Motion: Hotels and a tale of two towns
Comment: Does Tauranga need to catch up to Rotorua?
Kiri Gillespie: Don't tell me not to eat meat
All of this environmental white noise and societal finger-wagging is tiresome.
Dawn Picken: Long road towards equality in sports
COMMENT: We still have a ways to go to eliminate racism and sexism in sports.
Buddy Mikaere: What's in a name?
COMMENT: On te reo, selling tomato sauce and wordplay taken too far.
Carmen Hall: People who dump rubbish at charity shops are losers
Comment: People continue to dump rubbish at charity shops in the Bay of Plenty.
Rose Davis: The challenge of changing with the weather
'What shifts so I no longer shut down and refuse to hear my guilty thoughts?'
Carmen Hall: G-strings are for the bedroom, not beach
COMMENT: As the mum, I worry about the impression this trend is making on young girls.
Carmen Hall: Government needs to address housing affordability
COMMENT: We were lucky to buy our home but others haven't been.
Bryan Gould: Explanation for bush fires not hard to find
Insatiable demand for consumption is upsetting the natural balance on which life depends.
Samantha Motion: Reparation delays add insult to injury
Comment: Ensuring reparation system doesn't re-victimise people is the least we can do.
Rob Rattenbury: The ongoing war against possums
This is a neverending war with periods of peace after bouts of extermination.
Zizi Sparks: Rotorua mayor's leadership appointments understandable in my view
COMMENT: Leaders need like-minded people in their top teams.