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David Beck: Leaders should inspire

COMMENT: The best way to motivate a team is to inspire them to follow in your footsteps.

Comment: The madness of the past and present

The pandemic is back and it may only be time before we have more lockdowns maybe.

Dawn Picken: Want to keep customers happy? Don't make us wait

Businesses will continue nudging us to pay and stay away.

Samantha Motion: Why it's time to end the Smartgrowth talkfest

COMMENT: We have momentum. Let's not squander it.

Jo Raphael: Lockdown sadness turns to gladness

COMMENT: Local tourist attractions need our support.

Letters: Commonsense solution to cycle proposal

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Letters to the editor: One-way proposal defies belief

OPINION: Readers have their say.

Carmen Hall: Returning expats must pay for their isolation or quarantine

COMMENT: It's time to get tough before the gravy train crashes off the tracks.

Kate Hawkesby: National's sweating it - anyone missing Simon Bridges?

Comment: Leader Todd Muller under intense scrutiny as National reshuffle top ranks.

Zizi Sparks: Volunteers keep the wheels turning

Comment: Spare a thought for those who give their time freely.

Matt Cowley: Local businesses looking down barrel of increased costs

COMMENT: There will likely be a lot of uncertainty from buyers and consumers.

Zizi Sparks: Return of Covid-19 to Bay of Plenty nothing to worry about

Comment: Return of Covid-19 to Bay of Plenty disappointing but inevitable.

Letters to the editor: Thank you to the Bay of Plenty police

OPINION: Readers have their say.

Letters: Drugs laws just need an upgrade

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Bryan Gould: Ugly attitudes could return if we forget the past

COMMENT: Death of Vera Lynn brought back memories of another time.

Zizi Sparks: Rotorua as a quarantine base shouldn't be a problem

Comment: Let's show those in managed isolation how welcoming Rotorua can be.

Letters to the editor: Restriction slowing us down

OPINION: Readers have their say.

Comment: Outcry over Rotorua as quarantine base justified

All we can do is wait and hope that there is no risk to those in our communities.