Latest from RDP - Opinion

Zizi Sparks: Spotting a rip should be part of swimming lessons

Opinion: About 700 people need rescuing from rips each year.

Jo Raphael: We need clarity on essential workers

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

Rob Rattenbury: Memo fun police - NZers won't tolerate a Nanny state

Well-meaning people try to remove risk from every single part of our lives.

Why I'm lucky I bought my first home a year ago

Opinion: I thought being a first home buyer was hard enough a year ago let alone now.

Jacob McSweeny: Two road rage incidents with vastly different outcomes

Opinion: When the middle finger fails to deliver your road rage message.

Stephanie Worsop: Am I in danger of becoming an entitled 'Karen'?

Opinion: A situation at a restaurant had family members labelling me as a 'Karen'.

Dawn Picken: Advice for a 17-year-old in a new world

Opinion: For a teenager, postponement looks permanent. But this pause is not forever.

OPINION: Long weekends, happiness with water and '5 Words for 5 K'

Paul Hickey discusses long weekends, happiness with water and '5 Words for 5 K'.

Zizi Sparks: Keeping rental pool afloat everyone's responsibility

Opinion: Landlords need to embrace new tenancy laws and tenants need to be good ones.

Dawn Picken: A new chapter opens for America

"You don't have to be American to have felt the pain and betrayal."

OPINION: Hospitality, honesty and speedway

Paul Hickey discusses hospitality, speedway and what's coming up on radio next week.

Dawn Picken: Is Martin Luther King jnr's dream still alive?

OPINION: King's dream is not dead, but it does appear to be on life support.

Kiri Gillespie: Lax holiday-mode attitude to Covid-19 QR scans must stop

OPINION: Life isn't back to normal yet. Even if it looks like it, a little.

Letters: Rotorua needs armed night patrols

OPINION: Rotorua readers have their say.

Samantha Motion: What the Govt can do now to help first-home buyers

Opinion: House prices are skyrocketing but the First Home Grant cap has stayed the same.

Rob Rattenbury: The good, bad and ugly of social media

Facebook has become the new Friday night drinks venue for people who live far apart.