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Nikorima adds value in the wrong places
Kodi Nikorima is a versatile player but the Warriors need to strengthen other areas.

Letters: Community urged to attend screenings about earthquake repairs
Rotorua readers have their say

Letters: Council aspirations vs council budget
Letters: Prudent management of Rotorua Lakes Council costs needed

Review: JPC reinvigorates 60-year-old musical
John Paul College delivers fresh take on decades-old classic.

Letters: Rotorua council has an extensive legacy
The council has an extensive legacy, a reader says.

Calling time out on disrespect towards developing referees
It's time to call time out on disrespectful attitudes towards developing referees

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Down to brass tax - rich have no reason to fear fair
A Capital Gains Tax equals a fairer system of taxation, Raukawa-Tait argues.

Letters: Rubbish shows Rotorua in bad light
A reader says rubbish was strewn along the route for the Rotorua marathon.

Opinion: Rugby field no place for violence
If you punch someone on the street you could go to jail, so why not on the sports field?

Letters: Debt is an investment in our future generations
Debt is an investment in our future generations, a reader says.

Rachel Stewart: Earth is heating up and activism will too
COMMENT: The environmental movement, like every other movement, is changing dramatically.

Race for Rotorua mayoralty heating up, writes Zizi Sparks
Election campaigns have already begun and the battle for the mayoralty won't be boring.

Opinion: Health and safety should not be trivialised
Verbal abuse is a mental health safety issue and it should not be trivialised.

Opinion: Bay rugby veterans giving back
Some of the Bay's best players have returned to club rugby with great effect.

Comment | Israel Folau gives Christians a bad name
Holier-than-thou people are hard to budge, they're not the "contaminated ones"

Opinion: Is it still New Zealand first?
Politics is about appearances but in the end, numbers matter most.

Opinion: Why do you think it is important to commemorate Anzac Day?
We asked people on the street why they thought it was important to commemorate Anzac Day.

Courage needed when farming through the dry
Comment: During droughts or drought-like conditions, be aware depression is very real.