Marcel Currin writes: Advocacy and activism should not automatically require you to make a new enemy every time you don't like something.

Each story we write about the rental crisis makes me realise just how serious the housing situation in Tauranga is for some, writes Amy Wiggins.

You may have seen the YouTube clip The importance of correctly pronouncing Maori words. If not, the tail end of Maori Language Week is as good a time to watch it, writes Marcel Currin.

The new move to ban smokers from any al fresco outdoor dining and drinking areas has been criticised by some in the Tauranga hospitality scene as a step too far. But is it really?

Being sent to prison deprives an offender of their liberty. What else it should deprive them of is not so black and white, writes Katie Holland.

Marcel Currin writes: Incredible news, everyone. I am heir to a business tycoon who died in 2008 along with his family in Myanmar. Yea, right.

The issues caused by synthetic cannabis haven't gone away since the ban on psychoactive drugs, writes Amy Wiggins.