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Rachel Stewart: Environment, Facebook, free speech among big issues of 2018
COMMENT: Rachel Stewart looks back on 2018.
Letters: Library needs more school science text books
Rotorua Daily Post readers have their say.
Rachel Stewart: TERF wars - a derogatory term to shut down debate
COMMENT: All human beings deserve human rights and respect.
Rachel Stewart: Why today's feminists leave me underwhelmed - and males contented
COMMENT: Today's 'feminists' generally leave me underwhelmed.
Rachel Stewart: 'Trump of tropics' latest psycho in club
COMMENT: Rise of Brazil's Bolsonaro next step in far-right's troubling march.
Lizzie Marvelly: Tramadol trend is a prescription for trouble
COMMENT: Tramadol is not a drug that you want to muck around with.
Rachel Stewart: Climate - Don't say I didn't warn you
COMMENT: It needs WWIII to turn this overloaded, burning, sinking global ship around.
Rachel Stewart: Drums of water war echoing in pipeline
COMMENT: Minister's lack of action on vital resource letting council dig in defences.
Paul Little: Our health system shames us all
COMMENT: Hospitals are run down, understaffed and inadequate.
Rachel Stewart: Women must unite against hard-line patriarchy
COMMENT: Kiwi women are eye-wateringly over-represented in domestic violence statistics.
Peter Williams: Serena is calculated, cynical and selfish
COMMENT: A champion is always appreciated more if she or he is a champion person too.
Soper: Clare Curran saga reflects poorly on PM's leadership
COMMENT: Clare Curran's demise eerily similar to that of the Labour MP she replaced.
Rachel Stewart: Fed up with over-sharing
COMMENT: 'Confessional' female writers setting feminism back generations.
Rachel Stewart: Animal cruelty – a storm is coming
COMMENT: If you're shocked now, your hair will soon curl.
Dower: Why Wally Haumaha must quit police
COMMENT: For the sake of front line cops, and for the sake of the force, call it quits.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Why Wally Haumaha should resign
COMMENT: The case of Wally Haumaha is one that defies all political understanding.
Rachel Stewart: Why kill animals after an 'attack'?
Comment: Animals attack us when we invade their space and we need to realise this.
John Tamihere: Why police boss Wally Haumaha deserves a fair go
Haumaha's comments about Schollum and Shipton were honest reflections of what he thought.
Editorial: Warning should have been heeded over Haumaha affair
EDITORIAL: The appointment of Wally Haumaha has kindled into conflagration.
Rachel Stewart: Signs of a stressed-out dairy industry
COMMENT: If farmers don't find a new way forward soon, they'll feel more alone than ever.
Rachel Stewart: Same-sex and proud - let them eat cake
COMMENT: There will be many more bumps on the road to gay wedded bliss.
Rachel Stewart: Time for dry July
COMMENT: The more I drank the more I could handle it. Time to give it a break.
Dear Jacinda: Advice from one Kiwi mum to another
COMMENT: It's not easy being a supermum. Just do the best you can.
Rachel Stewart: We cannot bury our heads in the silence
COMMENT: Our approach to suicide isn't working very well.
Letters: Privilege to be inside Hinemihi - the life-saving meeting house
The historic Hinemihi meeting house and washing your hands are letters topics today.
Rachel Stewart: Why I've come to love those cows
COMMENT: Studies show cows have personalities and emotions, just like cats and dogs.
Political Roundup: Is the new Govt already failing Māori?
COMMENT: There's no doubt Māori are disadvantaged - how to deal with it is the question.
Hosking: Good riddance to Māori ward nonsense
COMMENT: How in 2018 can you single out a race and offer them something no one else gets.
Rachel Stewart: Ministry's cunning plan fails again
COMMENT: Farmers should have acted sooner but MPI should have too.
Opinion: Historic deluge scary to witness
No, no one was hurt, but hours of clean up, stress and frustration lies ahead.
Letters: Rugby player no expert on teachings of God
Readers have their say on synthetic drugs and Israel Folau.
Rachel Stewart: The sun has already set on oil
COMMENT: Industry anger with Govt baseless given global shift away from fossil fuels.
Rachel Stewart: Death part of the cycle of life
COMMENT: Death notification app is not for all tastes but it keeps things in perspective.