Latest from BOPT Opinion

Rob Rattenbury: Climate change is a sleeping giant that needs our attention

Opinion: By the time the world cottons on to climate change it may be too late.

Felix Desmarais: Fixing the housing crisis should be about what is right, not popular

Opinion: Labour is playing to win elections, not make the changes it believes in.

Rawiri Waititi: A Kirihimete mihi to our Māori Battalion of 2021

Opinion: Your efforts have not gone unnoticed, we all thank you for your tireless efforts.

Felix Desmarais: 'Transgender people exist. We are real, we are natural'

Opinion: Parliament supporting transgender rights is a precious, flickering flame.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Euthanasia decision one of my hardest

OPINION: I had to be sure I had enough information to make a decision I could live with.

Dawn Picken: An insider's guide to the ICU for the vaccine hesitant

ICU a reality for more people amid Covid-19. You don't want to go there, says Dawn Picken.

Tributes like kids' emotion haka for Wainui a way to show we care in Covid times

OPINION: Restrictions on funerals have been one of the hardest parts of the Covid era.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Oranga Tamariki is 'dysfunctional'

OPINION: It's the responsibility of whānau, hapu and iwi to look after their own children.

Comment: Support for mental health crises not good enough

"Most of us find it hard to even acknowledge anything about our mental health."

Patrick Walsh: School exclusions need to end

OPINION: The effect of exclusion on students is often severe and long term.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Marae can do exactly what motels are doing, only better

OPINION: In early times marae were surrounded with families living around and close by.

David Beck: Some NRL players are simply selfish

OPINION: Covid-19 quarantine breaches defy belief.

Dawn Picken: Once upon a time, I could venture with my kids

Opinion: The anti-staycation: where you wish you had left home but stayed to work instead.

1981 Springbok Tour: Former cop recalls being on duty for Hamilton match

"The few police on the embankment were brushed aside like feathers."

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Three Waters loomed large at LGNZ forum

OPINION: Overriding concern was accountability to local ratepayers would be removed

Luke Kirkness: Have we made it too easy for people not to work?

Opinion: As the impact of Covid-19 rages on, are we being too soft with the benefit?