Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: The fast track to outright inertiaAs a society we seem to be getting more and more lazy. Far-fetched as it may seem, it does make me wonder if one day we really could 25 Jul 04:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Bottles reward makes senseWhat better way to encourage people to recycle than by paying them to do it. That is essentially what Tauranga City Council voted 21 Jul 10:06 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEva Bradley: Reconnecting with realityIt's hard in today's connected, catalogued world to go off grid and be intrepid. Unless you're prepared to go to some fairly extreme 20 Jul 09:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Doping scale is what shocksIt's a mind-blowing level of corruption, even for Russia. A report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency has revealed that 20 Jul 08:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesRichard Moore: Cooks crowd deliver real hitsOver the weekend I went to the greatest game of rugby I have seen. It wasn't the skills, or the score, that made it so outstanding 19 Jul 09:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: NZ is haven from troubleUnited States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg recently told the New York Times that if Donald Trump became President she would 19 Jul 08:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesTommy Wilson: New game has an old ring to itYou've got the whole world in your hands, was a huge hit in the '60s and it could be making a comeback. If you can rewind the memory 19 Jul 01:21 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: NZ police get it right on gunsIt seems to have been a fortnight of violence. America is in the most volatile state I have ever seen after police shot African American 16 Jul 10:35 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Mobile game a little craze-yTo be honest, I don't know what all the fuss is about this Pokemon Go craze that is sweeping the world. For those of you who have 15 Jul 07:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesRosemary McLeod: Legs to out-Fox their rivalsEveryone should watch Fox News a few times a year, if only to be reminded of why women have legs. It's certainly not for walking. I 14 Jul 09:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Obama stuck in the middleYOU would think that Barack Obama must be counting down the days until his term as United States president comes to an end later this 14 Jul 08:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesNational committed to giving children the best start in lifeNational believes New Zealanders deserve high-quality health services and delivering better services remains our top priority. At 13 Jul 11:03 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesEva Bradley: Parents shouldn't be penalisedIt's long been said that it takes a village to raise a child but if you read the updated 21st-century manual it seems that all it 13 Jul 09:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Women in police deserve praiseThis month we are celebrating 75 years of women being in the New Zealand Police. As a police reporter for more than 10 years, I once 13 Jul 08:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesOpinion: Time for action rather than feasibility studiesHow many more feasibility studies does it really need to create the vibrant city heart Tauranga residents have been promised for many 12 Jul 09:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesRichard Moore: Shootings are truly shockingWhile New Zealand has its race issues, they cannot compare with what is going on in the United States at the moment. Here people 12 Jul 08:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Groups toiling to help our kidsIt's alarming that a national charity that supports children in need says it is struggling to keep up with demand. The number of 12 Jul 07:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesTommy Wilson: Dreaming good for the spiritNothing changed at 8.01 on Saturday night other than my dreams got put on hold when the loot from Lotto went in three different directions 11 Jul 08:30 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Lotto mania - as bad as pokiesWith $40 million up for grabs, Lotto was a major topic of conversation last week but it made me wonder how it is any different from 11 Jul 04:30 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesAnnemarie Quill: Take smooth, forget roughHairy orang-utans with fat cheeks. Monkeys with warts on their lip and gnarly snouts. You would swipe left on Tinder if you came 09 Jul 04:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Hang up on sales sharks who won't accept 'No'There is a new door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesperson on the block. But they come knocking through your computer and phone. Overseas 09 Jul 02:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesRosie Dawson-Hewes: Treasure our native tongueWe need to have a wee korero, Aotearoa. If you are reading this and don't know that korero means talk, then it's even more needed. It's 08 Jul 07:30 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: City's revamp all or nothingThere is no question something needs to happen to revitalise Tauranga's central business district. It's a beautiful spot but there 08 Jul 06:30 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesRosemary McLeod: Now we reap what we sowBoth my grandfathers made it back from the Somme, which is miraculous. Commemorations this past week for that appalling waste of 07 Jul 06:30 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Nothing sensible in removal of a good manSometimes the Sensible Sentencing Trust fails to live up to its name. It thought it had a "gotcha" when it asked the Corrections 07 Jul 05:30 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesHousing and housing affordabilityMany New Zealanders are concerned about housing and housing affordability. It's certainly a challenge. The Government is working hard 07 Jul 01:11 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEva Bradley: Baking attempt a life lessonIt's well established that weather has a major impact on mood. Which is why everyone should just leave me the *@!* alone right now06 Jul 06:30 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesRichard Moore: Older voters are much wiserOne of the difficult things about writing a weekly column is coming up with interesting things to present to get people thinking about05 Jul 07:30 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Something stinks about Lotto feverCall it entrapment if you like, but something's not quite right about the Lotto fever. With Powerball's first division expected to 05 Jul 04:30 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesTommy Wilson: Weaving our stories togetherNot a lot impresses me these days. I guess it's the combination of having seen and experienced so much by so many in such a small 04 Jul 06:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Embrace Maori languageOne of my first jobs at the Rotorua Daily Post 20 years ago was calling our lovely kaumatua Anaru Rangiheuea to ask for his comment 04 Jul 05:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Government needs to dig deeper for homelessThe Government has taken a good step forward in attempting to increase the amount of emergency housing available in the region. An 02 Jul 01:29 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesRosie Dawson-Hewes: We are the solution to this horrorLike many who work in media, I'm a bit of a news junkie. I always read it, always watch it. I follow big stories obsessively. Scott 01 Jul 08:30 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesEditorial: Cancer drug move a victoryThis week's announcement that Pharmac is likely to fund Keytruda, a drug used for the treatment of melanoma, shows just how much ordinary 01 Jul 07:30 AM
