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Michele Hunter: What Covid has taught me

OPINION: Covid was like a giant re-set button.

Matt Cowley: Retail crime is bigger than we realise

This is serious, scary stuff – without an obvious solution

Opinion: Should parents be held responsible for their kids' crimes?

Opinion: Parents should be held responsible when their kids act up and harm others.

The Prem Debate: Subscriber views on ram raids in Bay of Plenty

OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say on the 'devastating' impact of ram raids.

Sonya Bateson: Second-hand shopping has become a hobby for the middle class

OPINION: Bargains are what many second-hand shops used to be about.

The Premium Debate: Subscriber comments on jewellery store burglaries

OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say on jewellery store thieves.

The Prem Debate: Subscriber views on Kāinga Ora bidding up Ferncliffe Farms

OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say on Kāinga Ora bidding up purchase price.

Letters to the editor: Fluoridating the water will benefit all

Our readers have their say.

Sonya Bateson: Good walkways are needed for our city centre

OPINION: The CBD will once again become place where we want to work, shop, eat, play.

Luke Kirkness: The disease risk that requires our full attention

OPINION: We've learnt first-hand how infectious diseases spread and the impact they have.

The Premium Debate: Lack of competition fuels price gouging

OPINION: This isn't the time to be making record profits

Letters to the editor: Showerhead type is wrong priority

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Jo Raphael: Scumbag ram-raiders' rampage needs to be stopped

OPINION: Scumbag ram-raiders need to be deterred from their trails of destruction

Felix Desmarais: One simple trick can steer ABs to success

OPINION: If we want to win the Rugby World Cup, perhaps we should do it in cars.

Kiri Gillespie: How I think we could fix the Bay's crippling bus driver shortage

Opinion: They say all it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.

Mark Lister: Is the lower currency good or bad?

A weaker currency is a double-edged sword - Lister