Latest from RDP - Opinion

Jane Trask: I am worried. I am scared. But I'm not panicking

We need to live in a preventative world now to help stop the spread of Covid-19.

Samantha Motion: Confessions of a panic buyer

COMMENT: Stop trolley shaming people who are just stocking up a little.

Letters: Rules are rules when it comes to facial hair

Readers have their say.

Best of 2020: Don't deny it: White privilege still exists, and it's ugly

Most Pākehā, when told about this concept, are shocked and go into denial.

A sports reporter's quest for love

"My immediate reaction was that I'd rather head butt a Shakti mat."

Zoe Hunter: Police need more power to put hard line on gangs

People are scared. Crime like this has never been seen in the Bay, writes Zoe Hunter.

Todd Muller: Gang violence unprecedented for Tauranga

COMMENT: Police have our backs but who has theirs?

Dawn Picken: Single can be satisfying on Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day takes on a different meaning when you're single

Carmen Hall: The first time it was two black eyes and a bruised face

OPINION: Men need to keep their fists to themselves.

Buddy Mikaere: White Island a reminder nature is a monstrous, unfeeling force

Nature is not always a giver of the ineffable sweetness, according to Buddy Mikaere.

Sonya Bateson: Okay boomer, don't get mad

Don't dish it out if you can't take it.

Lizzie Marvelly: Irrelevant Guy Fawkes has had his day

COMMENT: It's time for Guy Fawkes to go.

Stephanie Worsop: Businesses not to blame for taking up houses

COMMENT: There's no quick fix to the housing shortage but something needs to be done now.

Zizi Sparks: Maketu Pies lifeline hopefully paves way for prosperous future

Maketu Pies was at risk of getting the chop when an iwi trust changed all that.

Zizi Sparks: Why the All Blacks losing the World Cup won't be so bad

COMMENT: Why dwell on the losses when there's so much to celebrate?

Rachel Stewart: Freed from hope but not hopeless

COMMENT: By clinging to hope people become deluded that things might change.