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Letters: Traffic, need and recycling
March 7: Traffic jams, urgent attention needed at schools, refund for bottles
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Bryan Gould: Creating new money
The one thing that governments are never short of is money.
Opinion: Number of council candidates indicates frustration
A lot of people are frustrated by the direction our city is heading.
Opinion: Life lessons in Bruno Mars fake tickets
Bruno Mars performed in Auckland last week and people fell victim to fake tickets.
Opinion: Cameras revolutionary in film-making
Small cameras like GoPro have democratised adventure film-making.
Tauranga's biggest stories of the week
It has been a big week in news. Here are the week's five biggest stories online.
Becoming a Bag Lady in the Bay
Bag lady aspirations follow a shameful secret - a collection of single-use plastic.
Simon Bridges is in for a rough ride
It's not going to be easy going up against the popular Jacinda Ardern.
National leadership, power switching, free buses
Letters to the Editor, February 28, 2018.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Hey celebrities - we're not that into you
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait shares her views on the celebrities famous for being famous.
Soper: Burning Bridges - new leader won't be next PM
COMMENT: Next National Prime Minister will not come from new leadership pairing.
Letters: Referendum, glass recycling, TECT cheques
February 27: Cost of a referendum, civic duty to recycle, leaving a legacy.
Poll results: Who readers chose as future National leader
Tauranga MP Simon Bridges not readers' preferred leader .
Super Rugby sporting spectacle returns
The beginning of a new Super rugby season will be welcomed by most, but not by everyone.
No excuse for our high prison population
NZ is chasing the US in incarceration numbers, but should be looking to the Netherlands.
Poll: National leadership - who would you like to see win?
Who is the preferred pick for National leader? Have your say in our online poll.
Letters: Museum referendum, Maori wards, TECT cheques
February 26: Referendum shock, goodwill gesture, traffic first, robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Graeme Simpson: No one wants to crash, but help is there
No one wants to crash, but who knows when you'll need help?
Letters to the editor: Recycling, TECT and cartoons
Letters, February 24: Recycling; TECT and Hubbard cartoons.
Dawn Picken - Busting the ball jar myth
Dawn Picken doesn't want gonads in formaldehyde. She wants men to show vulnerability.
Letters to the editor: Student loans, museum referendum, traffic problems
Letters to the Editor, February 23, 2018.
NZ home is to amazing creative talent
Let's hope Lorde's success helps other talented musicians get noticed.
Opinion: Treating pet abscesses
Dr Liza Schneider talks about how to avoid and treat abscesses in animals.
Letters: Recycling, TECT cheques, museum
February 22: Letters on recycling, TECT cheques, museum.
Today's teens have real courage
Turning fear and anger into activism, students campaign for gun control.
Rachel Stewart: Carping at movie deeply misguided in flawed world
COMMENT: Three Billboards film has drawn flak for lack of neat ending — but that's life.