Letters: Maungtapu underpass 'lunacy' unfolds
Nothing will change without four-laning main arterial roads, a reader says.
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Letters: Our view of the world crumbling around us
We once looked up to the United States as a pillar of democracy, a reader says.
Letters: Bay's highways 'useless'
State Highway 2 is a dreadful road, a reader says.
Soper: Simon Bridges squares up to his biggest problem
COMMENT: With the last poll putting him at nine per cent he knows he has cause for worry.
Getting rid of plastic daunting challenge
Single-use plastic permeates our daily lives.
Opinion: The demise of 'the West'
It is hard to believe that the American people can stand idly by
Letters: Car freedom is a nostalgic relic
There can never be enough money for enough roads, a reader says
Editorial: Nurses' care is not currency
Opinion: Strikes by nurses after whopping offer threaten to turn sentiment.
Rachel Stewart: Same-sex and proud - let them eat cake
COMMENT: There will be many more bumps on the road to gay wedded bliss.
Letters: Follow Singapore's lead in dealing with drug crime
New Zealand's drug trade is flourishing, a reader says
Letters: Free speech, hospital care, plastic bags
Plastic bags, freedom of speech and Tauranga Hospital feature in today's letters.
Fresh food should be more easily accessible
There is a huge satisfaction in cooking with fresh ingredients and love for your family.
Letters to the editor: Get over racism
Get over racism, it's not going away, a reader says
Dawn Picken: How Not to Travel
I could write a handbook called, The How Not to Travel Guide.
Will Tauranga be an age-friendly city?
The Minister for Seniors says she will help raise awareness of needs for the elderly.
Opinion: Welcome to Tauranga, cultural wasteland
Other cities are sniggering behind their hands at our lack of culture
Tommy Wilson: Save our whenua, before there's nothing else to protect
Tommy Wilson is hoping his daughter will become an environmental scientist
Letters: Footpaths are for feet, not scooters
If mobility scooters are forced onto footpaths, where will pedestrians go?
Opinion: Embracing the digital age
Extra-curricular options were minimal when I was at school.
Woman thanks strangers who helped injured 91yo friend
Woman delivers thanks to the people who helped her injured elderly friend at Farmers.
Letters: Marina plan, support for nurses and alcohol
Letters: Marina plan, support for nurses and alcohol.
Rosemary McLeod: Chinese innocence leaves much to the vulgar Western mind
What's daring in China is passe in the Western world
Guest view: Why having calves at Ag Days is too risky
We haven't got the cattle disease M. bovis in the Bay of Plenty; let's keep it that way.
Opinion: Let's pretend it's summer
Bay residents are conjuring summer in these cold, dark, post-solstice days.
Letters: Take cars off drink-drivers
Another tool to stop drink drivers, a reader says.
We should not push the homeless into the shadows
As with any growing city, new issues emerge. Leaders are grappling with these challenges.
What's the big deal with gendered clothes?
Dress, trousers, skirt - who cares as long as you're comfortable?
Letters: Cyclists should get rates rebate
Cyclists don't take up precious city centre space, a reader says.
Rachel Stewart: Time for dry July
COMMENT: The more I drank the more I could handle it. Time to give it a break.
Tommy Wilson: All you need is aroha
Two perfect examples of aroha: Neve Te Aroha and the aroha of the Greerton yarn bombers.