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Letters: Council backtrack no surprise

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Matt Cowley: Leading Tauranga into the 2020s

COMMENT: It's hard to believe that it is almost the year 2020, writes Matt Cowley.

Sonya Bateson: When you can't find a midwife in Tauranga

COMMENT: I hit the phones, emails and text messages.

Letters: Show some vision for the future

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Letters: Leave people alone if they don't want to vote

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Letters: Learning te reo Māori should be a choice

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Rachel Stewart: Farm leaders in dance over freshwater plan

COMMENT: Finally long-delayed "action plan for freshwater" discussion document has arrived

Opinion | Weird and wonderful Bay political slogans

It ain't easy coming up with a pithy political catchphrase, but candidates have tried.

Comment: How do we ensure a strong youth voice in local elections?

Louis Donovan asks how do we get young people to vote?

Letters: New Zealand 'too soft' on vaccinations

Vaccinations should be compulsory, a reader says.

Phil Twyford: Yes, fixing our killer highways is years overdue

Comment: A handful of four-lane highways in a select few locations is not the solution.

Comment: Okere Falls zipline a winner

We don't want the Bay of Plenty to become another Maya Bay.

Comment: When cooking a barbecue makes you the neighbour from hell

How do you know if someone's a vegan? Don't worry, they'll tell you.

Letters: Ratepayers can't be expected to pay business owners

Readers have their say on the Bayfair overbridge and CBD business owners.

Comment: Don't let measles ruin the AIMS Games

If this outbreak has taught us anything, it's that we should listen to the experts.

Revoke licence to print money: Time to take back power from the banks

OPINION: It is time politicians took back commercial banks' monopoly to create money.