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Stephanie Worsop: Am I in danger of becoming an entitled 'Karen'?
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Zoe Hunter: If I wasn't a journalist, I'd be a tradie
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Zizi Sparks: Give green waste collection green light
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Kelly Makiha: New food rules shouldn't be hard to swallow
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Stephanie Worsop: Are the Ministry's new food guidelines a step too far?
Opinion: The purpose of these guidelines is not to make our jobs as parents harder.
Rob Rattenbury: Generations connect us to our past, and history holds lessons
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Stephanie Worsop: The Covid casualty I'm scared we won't get back
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Dawn Picken: Relief the word of the day as Biden takes reins
OPINION: America is on the path to rejoining the world.
Zoe Hunter: Let locals entertain you! Why we should support community theatre
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Opinion: Readers have their say.
Matt Cowley: Five factors that will impact businesses in 2021
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Opinion: Landlords need to embrace new tenancy laws and tenants need to be good ones.
Dawn Picken: A new chapter opens for America
"You don't have to be American to have felt the pain and betrayal."
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Kiri Gillespie: Lax holiday-mode attitude to Covid-19 QR scans must stop
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Letters to the editor: Rubbish decision takes wrong path
OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Samantha Motion: What the Govt can do now to help first-home buyers
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Dawn Picken: Trump's legacy a shameful one
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Jo Raphael: Silencing sirens is a bad idea
OPINION: Sirens need to stay for small communities
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Samantha Motion: Trump makes us treasure the good losers
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OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Samantha Motion: How do we get dirty dumpers to do the right thing?
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Samantha Motion: Attitude check needed for landlords resisting rental reform
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Opinion: We need to keep things in perspective.