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Zizi Sparks: If you don't vote, don't complain
In the last local election, more people chose to not vote than to have their say.
Rachel Stewart: Freed from hope but not hopeless
COMMENT: By clinging to hope people become deluded that things might change.
Our View: Mental illness still a hidden disease
Mental illness is in many ways a hidden disease.
Graeme Simpson: Ladies being picked up - but it's not what you think
Ladies Shuttle Nights were a big hit last year.
Our View: Why we should listen to Greta Thunberg
Great Thunberg urgently beats the climate change drum.
Letters: How dare young people want a safer future?
Rotorua readers have their say.
Jane Trask: Why I still drive a big SUV despite rising fuel prices
COMMENT: Back in the good old days, I could drive from Hamilton to Rotorua on just $6.
Meth is a scourge but some have broken free
Meth casts a long shadow in New Zealand but there are pockets of light out there.
Opinion: Census shows Government must take action on housing
Our cities are growing, and now we have the figures to prove it.
Letters to the editor: Governments making it hard for landlords
Rotorua readers have their say.
Four questions with Rotorua's mayoral candidates
Find out what Rotorua's candidates think they have to offer.
Graeme Simpson: The creation of Old Chevy
There aren't many sports where you can help build the stadium.
Bryan Gould: All Blacks embody what it is to be a Kiwi
COMMENT: The All Blacks have done more than enough to repay this kind of loyalty.
Jane Trask: Housing tenants in motels - how did it get to this?
COMMENT: Who follows up on the tenants once they are placed into motels, asks Jane Trask.
Make sure you have your say: Federated Farmers
COMMENT: Farming needs a voice even at the smallest of tables, writes Nigel Billings.
Letters: How about a pedestrian mall down the main street?
Rotorua readers have their say.
Carmen Hall: Housing homeless in motels a stuff-up
COMMENT: Government has spent millions to put homeless in motels but where are the houses?
Rachel Stewart: Farm leaders in dance over freshwater plan
COMMENT: Finally long-delayed "action plan for freshwater" discussion document has arrived
Opinion | Weird and wonderful Bay political slogans
It ain't easy coming up with a pithy political catchphrase, but candidates have tried.
Letters: Idea to house the homeless brilliant
OPINION: There is nothing offensive or inhumane about putting a roof over someone's head.
Stephanie Worsop: Vaping has parallels with synnies
COMMENT: Lack of regulations is giving the vaping industry free rein.
Sonya Bateson: Knowledge of New Zealand history sadly lacking among Kiwis
COMMENT: History tells us where we came from - and where we're going.
Letters: History is important and should always be taught
Rotorua readers have their say.
Jane Trask: How do we move forward in face of measles outbreak?
COMMENT: Immunisation is important in my whānau, writes Jane Trask.
Synthetic cannabis a truly scary drug
COMMENT: What goes into making these drugs is a real Russian roulette.
Letters: Put people's needs before business acumen
A council's first duty is to its citizens, a reader says.