COMMENT: Tourist boss is silly to say visitors come for scenery, not wildlife.

Journalist Kelly Makiha tells us why renters won't be celebrating the latest QV report.

COMMENT: Could you live without advertising? Oh, dear God, how I could.

Rachel Stewart explains why she's not going to be positive just to please chirpy men.

COMMENT: Quantity over quality will turn round to bite tourism industry.

COMMENT: Dairy farmers and industry mouthpieces love to say they are environmental angels.

Opinion: Rugby match a chance to send 21,000 people home with great memories of Rotorua.

Comment: Elderly, white males are as pesky, autumnal flies for Rachel Stewart.

COMMENT: The sense of wonder, of rising above it all, never gets old, says Rachel Stewart.

COMMENT: Women taking care of women challenges the status quo, writes Rachel Stewart.

COMMENT: Rape culture doesn't exclusively hurt our young women, it harms our young men as well, says Lizzie Marvelly.

COMMENT: There is only one word that can truly take responsibility for gender pay disparity, and it is sexism.

PM will need real political courage to take on banks, but it must be done.

COMMENT: I greatly resent Family First attempting to use experiences of sexual violence in order to advance its anti-trans agenda.

I respond to Rosemary Mackenzie (Letters February 22). Reynold Macpherson wished to become the mayor and came second. He therefore

COMMENT: There's something about animal farming and meat-eating that defies rational gravity.

COMMENT: If we had more people in Parliament who would live long enough to experience the results of their actions, we'd all be better off.

COMMENT: Personal battles are waste of energy when tackling climate change requires us all.

COMMENT: February 6 marks the one day out of 365 on which we are encouraged to contemplate our unique and imperfect history.

COMMENT: The US has the best raptors for falconry - eagles, falcons, hawks. I go often. The thought of not going breaks my heart. Yet, here we are.

COMMENT: Trump's signing of death warrant for vulnerable women around world shows exactly what fight is about, writes Lizzie Marvelly.

COMMENT: Not even a week into Trump's presidency, it's crystal clear that US citizens are now dealing with a fascist regime, writes Rachel Stewart.

CUTTING COSTS: Phil Goff, who is pictured sworn as Auckland mayor by Auckland Council chief executive Stephen Town, is already cutting

COMMENT: If there's one thing we can probably all agree on, it's that the slogan "love trumps hate" turned out to be about as useful as tits on a bull.

COMMENT: To block someone is not censorship. It's just that I don't want to hear you, or more to the point, for you to hear me, writes Rachel Stewart.

COMMENT: Let me tell you a story of broken promises, generations of injustice, second-class treatment and now, of political expediency, writes Lizzie Marvelly.

COMMENT: Not everyone is long and lithe - it's time adverts celebrated a range of body shapes and sizes and recognised beauty is diverse.

What do you like about camping in Rotorua? 281216sp12.JPG We're here until the 6th. We really love this place, it's great for the

COMMENT: We're entering that time of year when I remind people to be kind to atheists. Remember, Christmas capitalism has room for all of us.

COMMENT: New tectonic plates for Kaikoura would be a great way to start 2017 but if not world peace will do nicely.