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Rob Rattenbury: Not engaging with protesters will solve nothing

"These people need to be heard and acknowledged by our elected leaders."

Dawn Picken: Conversion therapy ban 'about time'

Opinion: Accepting different gender identities and sexual orientations is a win for all.

Premium debate: Subscriber views on raising the minimum wage

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Letters: Budget 'blowouts' are concerning

Readers have their say.

David Beck: Freedom or freedumb? Protesters prove nothing

OPINION: Dear protesters, you can go home now, thanks.

Letters: Put the war toys back in the cupboard

Our readers have their say.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: The mess in Wellington can hardly be called a protest

Comment: Protesting is more than a big get together, more than a party.

Kiri Gillespie: The museum lesson Tauranga could learn from Rotorua

Opinion: Rotorua has a great museum culture while Tauranga doesn't even have a museum.

Samantha Motion: After the year of the vax, these people deserve our thanks

OPINION: Next week marks a year since New Zealand began rolling out the Covid-19 vaccine.

Opinion: When Queen's reign ends, republic question will re-emerge

Is an overseas monarch still appropriate to New Zealand's evolving identity?

Jo Raphael: Travel is the light at the end of the tunnel

OPINION: It's time to restore the tourism balance.

Bay of Plenty's cafe selection a foodie's dream

Reporter Shauni James shares some of her Bay of Plenty cafe recommendations.

Dawn Picken: Let's get together again - reconnection at last?

The hope of mass reunion is here at last.

Samantha Motion: MIQ's short hello and long goodbye

OPINION: MIQ came to - or rather, was dropped on - Rotorua one weekend in June 2020.

Premium Debate: Subscriber views on the kiwifruit labour shortage predictions

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Luke Kirkness: Why today's make or break for the Government

OPINION: Are we in for some Covid-19 reprieve with a border announcement looming?