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Tauranga's traffic woes growing yearly
Each February, Tauranga's traffic gets worse, writes Sonya Bateson
Right place, right time: magic!
Show up and the magic moments might just present themselves, writes Tommy Wilson.
Graeme Simpson: The rise of freeride mountain biking
I'm looking forward to the screening of The Moment.
Parliament's prayer change appalling
Letter writers share their views on current issues
Opinion: Friends can make reliable anchors
Dawn Picken: Mother, wife, daughter, curator of marvellous mates.
Opinion: Simon Bridges off to good start
Simon Bridges cements his position as a top contender to be National Party leader.
Car-pools, park and ride to beat congestion
Ideas urged to solve city's traffic woes.
Letters: Dangerous highway needs upgrade
One correspondent says a four-lane solution should be fast-tracked for SH2.
Opinion: Help make Tauranga NZ's kindness capital
We need to be paddling the poverty waka in the same direction.
Advice to help reduce risk from 'silent killer'
Every 90 minutes in New Zealand another person dies from heart disease. It's a disease which has touched the lives of thousands of people across the country including Bethlehem couple Yvonne and John Flett who are both survivors of the disease.
Car pooling popularity on rise with Tauranga motorists
Tauranga's worsening traffic woes have prompted a carpooling movement among frustrated motorists who have "had enough".
Graeme Simpson: Next generation lining up
One of the best things about mountain biking is kids growing up pretty much in the forest.
Letters to the editor
Letters, January 10: GST on food, freedom campers and the TECT proposal.
Letters: Traffic issues and Treaty deals
One reader suggests drastic measures needed to sort traffic problems.
Don't tell me to go home, I am home
The irony of an expat being asked to write a column is migrants don't deserve an opinion.
Opinion: Savings can be easy as changing power company
Switching power companies to save money makes sense.
Beware of changeable sea conditions
Regional lifeguards finish week-day patrolling at the end of this week at most beaches.
Rachel Stewart: Yee-ha! Rodeo is doomed
COMMENT: So, we all know in our hearts that rodeo is wrong.
Today we celebrate Waitangi Day
Today we celebrate the 1840 signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Letters to the Editor: TECT cheques, One Love
Letters to the Editor, February 5, 2018.
Graeme Simpson: Kidsworx, something for every kid
Kidsworx is designed for children 12 and under, giving them a chance to ride.
Letters: One Love, TECT cheques
Letters, February 3 2018: One Love, TECT cheques, NZ Post, roading
Trustpower changes may be too radical
COMMENT: Trustpower share drop adds to customers' worries.
Rosemary McLeod: Children's complaints shouldn't be ignored
The American gymnastics scandal shows what happens when people fail to listen
Letters: GST on food, NZ Post and reckless overtaking
Letters: GST on food, NZ Post and reckless overtaking