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Tommy Wilson: Do we really need to get high at all?

Time for a cool change, so the song says - is it time to change cannabis laws?

Kiwifruit - from bust to boom: Teaching the next generation

Teacher Hilary Johnson talks about Katikati College’s innovative pilot horticulture programme aimed at getting students into the kiwifruit industry.

Nikorima adds value in the wrong places

Kodi Nikorima is a versatile player but the Warriors need to strengthen other areas.

Letters: Current road toll approach is not working

Bay of Plenty readers have their say

Letters: Councillors have power to change driver behaviour

Councillors have power to change driver behaviour, a reader says.

Letters: No simple solutions for Tauranga congestion

Readers have their say

Gridlock: More gold plated expressways not the answer: Phil Twyford

Phil Twyford gives his view on how to solve the city's traffic woes.

Gridlock: We all need to be part of the solution, writes Dylan Thorne

Our traffic series has highlighted the complexity of the problem facing our city

Gridlock: Tauranga's traffic issues reveal a dire situation, says Nigel Tutt

Transport congestion is cause for real concern, writes Nigel Tutt.

Rachel Stewart: Earth is heating up and activism will too

COMMENT: The environmental movement, like every other movement, is changing dramatically.

Letters: Time to deliver safer roads

It's time that this Government delivered on safer roads, a reader says.

Gridlock: We need answers and action now, says Mayor Greg Brownless

Link between transport and housing has become very apparent, writes Mayor Greg Brownless.

Gridlock: Tauranga a victim of its own success, says Dylan Thorne

Comment: Tauranga is a great place to live, but it is facing a big, unyielding problem.

Bay of Plenty letters: Get people out of cars to help ease congestion

Letters: Get people out of cars

Bryan Gould : We get politicians we deserve

We get the politicians we deserve

Letters: Plane trees can be maintained

Readers have their say