OPINION: Our Queen's Birthday Honours recipients deserve to be proud.

OPINION: A happy medium needs to be found for burnt-out school leaders.

OPINION: Cyber attack on DHB was blatant and cruel.

OPINION: Meth users in the Bay are wasting more than $1 million a week.

OPINION: It's time to see what the Government has in store for our future.

OPINION: Let's try to get answers for migrants stuck in limbo.

OPINION: Free buses for school should help free up congestion.

OPINION: Port workers shouldn't have to choose between their job or the jab.

OPINION: These annual events are yearly highlights on the region's calendar.

OPINION: Freedom is based on trust and we rely on every single person to do their bit.

OPINION: We will remember them.

OPINION: Our city's heritage is rich and should be shared – building or no building.

OPINION: What price would you pay to keep your loved ones safe?

OPINION: It's time for a return to mass state housing.

OPINION: Despite its pitfalls daylight saving needs to stay.

OPINION: Easter's the time to pay it forward.

OPINION: Everyone experienced lockdown differently but we were in it together.

OPINION: The critics need to get with the programme - or change the channel.

OPINION: Look at houses below the median house price for bargains.

OPINION: Second anniversary of "one of New Zealand's darkest days".

OPINION: The status quo is no longer acceptable.

OPINION: Are we really the best country in the world to be a child?

OPINION: Let's get our population immunised.

OPINION: Eight years of nagging finally gets results for a Rotorua school.

OPINION: Tank the ties and let MPs get on with it

OPINION: We're basking in a summer glow but it'll soon be back to reality.

OPINION: Russell Howard and the Wiggles are a hoot but are they 'essential workers'?

OPINION: Sirens need to stay for small communities

OPINION: Who is the villain - the landlord or the tenant?

OPINION: Universal school speed limit reduction is a no-brainer.

OPINION: Answers are needed to help victims heal.

OPINION: No investigation, charges, or prosecution can bring those loved ones back.

OPINION: Too many children are dying at the hands of those supposed to look after them.

OPINION: The coronavirus seems to be ramping up.

OPINION: Safety and population growth should both be considered when upgrading roads.

OPINION: Hospital staff should not bear the brunt of your sharp tongue.

OPINION: There is a fight ahead and the incoming administration must be prepared.

OPINION: There is a certain appeal to shopping online.

OPINION: Road trips can be an effective spreader of Covid-19.

OPINION: Why haven't we been focused on ports?

OPINION: The race to roll out a vaccine needs to be a global effort.

OPINION: Experts are saying banks are being more careful about who they loan to.

OPINION: So many others are vying for the all-important domestic tourism dollar.

OPINION: Large events are not worth the risk to some organisers.

COMMENT: Make the next nineteen days count and learn all you can about your choices.

COMMENT: Aucklanders need to spend their money in the regions - not just Auckland.

COMMENT: Covid is a nasty, tricky virus that we still don't know enough about.

COMMENT: Let's do justice to te reo Māori.

COMMENT: It is up to us to meet councils halfway.

COMMENT: Small businesses are desperate for support but the devil will be in the detail.

COMMENT: Mental health needs support after a break-in.

Hope can be a powerful feeling and we need it right now.

COMMENT: Government needs to stop border breaches quickly.

COMMENT: Voting is how our voices are heard.

COMMENT: Now is the time to be grateful we've got a team of five million..

COMMENT: Masks are not a big ask to keep our people safe.

COMMENT: This year has become the year of the dumpster fire

COMMENT: Politicians need to shrug off the scandals and get down to real business.

COMMENT: Local tourism operators are putting on a brave face

COMMENT: Local tourist attractions need our support.

COMMENT: The ways ashes can be memorialised are endless.

COMMENT: The Government should meet the basic needs of people in mandatory quarantine.

COMMENT: Change is needed because what we're doing now is not working.

COMMENT: Armed police are not something the New Zealand public needs to feel safe.

COMMENT: Horticulture just got on and hired workers from other industries.

COMMENT: Ardern was right to make the hard calls.

COMMENT: Queen's Birthday is coming up and people are itching to get away.

COMMENT: Covid-19 response shows stark differences between NZ and other countries.

These are some strange times.

Drive safely, go home and see your loved ones.