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Rob Rattenbury: Special feeling of going back home

OPINION: I love my hometown. It is like an old slipper, worn but comfortable.

Opinion: The Bay's most scenic playgrounds

The playground is just one part of what makes each of these places so great.

Dawn Picken: Rethinking what it means to turn the page on another year

Opinion: Let's take the pressure off 2022 and ourselves to make the next year wonderful.

Premium Debate: Subscriber views on the new IRD rules for bach owners

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Felix Desmarais: Fixing the housing crisis should be about what is right, not popular

Opinion: Labour is playing to win elections, not make the changes it believes in.

Luke Kirkness: Anxious days ahead after Omicron discovery

OPINION: Some of us may feel battle-hardened, others more battle-weary.

Letters: What happened to all the 'shovel ready' projects?

Our readers have their say.

Premium Debate: Subscriber views on rising Tauranga rents

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Jo Raphael: Buy now, pay later alcohol needs more oversight

OPINION: Alcohol on buy now, pay later services can be tempting, but not a good idea.

The Premium Debate: Subscribers have a say on 'buy now, pay later' schemes for alcohol

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Kim Gillespie: What kind of Secret Santa are you?

OPINION: What you need to know about the annual festive tradition.

Letters: How much longer will EVs be subsidised?

Readers have their say.

Dawn Picken: 'I see each meal as a memory'

OPINION: Who we are eating with matters more than what we're eating this holiday season.

Samantha Motion: The case for restricting dogs on beaches - to benefit dogs

OPINION: The Bay of Plenty is a great place to live or holiday with a pooch.

Jo Raphael: 'Racial profiling' should not still be happening in 2021

OPINION: Teen's experience shows New Zealand has more work to do.

Letters: Generational cigarette ban should be extended

Our readers have their say.