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Jo Raphael: Find the money elsewhere - teachers shouldn't pay extra for certificates

OPINION: Teachers don't deserve to have to pay more for practising certificates.

Kiwifruit workers earning up to $40 an hour as sector battles labour shortage

Some seasonal kiwifruit workers are choosing the days and hours they want to work.

'You are allowed to moan, complain and want time to yourself': Coping with family pressure

Dr Ross helps to normalise many family-related stressors as "problems of life".

Live: Omicron's grip - daily cases could be almost 100k; expert's warning for age group

Rod Jackson says the only numbers that matter are hospitalisations and deaths.

Watch: 22,535 new Covid cases, five deaths

Latest deaths in Tauranga, Waikato, Dunedin and Middlemore bring toll to 67.

Tauranga's biggest international sport event kicks off

Seven matches of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup will be played in Mount Maunganui.

Jo Raphael: Thuggish behaviour leaves a stain on our history

OPINION: We need to be united to heal the wounds Covid has caused.

'Incredibly distressing': How to stay mentally healthy during a Covid outbreak

Solutions, tips and tricks were provided and were key to looking after one another.

Pay offer a 'quite disrespectful', health workers say

Lakes allied health staff will take strike action unless they get a better pay offer.

Jo Raphael: Dangerous, chaotic and filthy - protest needs to be shut down now

OPINION: Give us back our capital.

The Premium Debate: Subscribers have their say on Wellington protest editorial

OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.

'Smack in the face': Principals frustrated at lack of rapid antigen tests for teachers

Some workers can avoid isolation requirements if they return daily rapid antigen tests.

'Boredom's not a thing': What it's like to join the police

Reporoa-born and bred, he is now responding to 111 calls in Tauranga.

'Massive increase': Security company dealing with more gang violence

National has said the number of new police in the region is "not enough".

Public Health's warning Omicron will affect 'every part of our community'

But the medical officer of health said there had been 'much planning' in preparation.

Premium debate: Subscriber views on raising the minimum wage

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