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Comment: How I'm trying to single-handedly kickstart the economy

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Matt Cowley: Our economic recovery will not be like turning on the ignition in your car

NZME has launched GO LOCAL! to encourage people to buy and support local.

Zoe Hunter: Thank you to our businesses

COMMENT: Reporter Zoe Hunter shares her experience writing for the GO LOCAL! campaign

Dawn Picken: Donald Trump's disinfectant and dangerous lies

COMMENT: Critical thinking skills are crucial when evaluating a leader during crisis.

Garry Webber - Buy Local must be our new catchcry

NZME has launched GO LOCAL! to encourage people to buy and support local.

Hanging out for takeout? Be safe and spread your support around

COMMENT: Showing respect also important.

Letters: Focus needed on local rugby

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Tenby Powell - Our local businesses need our communities to support them

NZME has today launched GO LOCAL! to encourage people to buy and support local.

Zizi Sparks: Why I've agreed to run/walk 100km in two weeks

Comment: 100km in 14 days doesn't appeal in the slightest but I've signed up anyway.

Will Johnston: Tauranga's full of ingenuity in these trying times

COMMENT: This week I heard that close to $6000 is heading to the foodbank.

Stephanie Worsop: What we have learned from Covid 19

Opinion: There are positives that have come out of our lockdown.

Bryan Gould: Bridges' leadership safe ... for now

Comment: Simon Bridges felt impelled to show that he was his own man.

Stephanie Worsop: Isolation will not end for everybody

Opinion: The isolation of some will go on long after the national lockdown ends.

Letters: Every revenue option needs to be considered

Readers have their say.

Stephanie Worsop: 10 tips I wish I knew as a new mum

COMMENT: There's a lot to learn. These are the things I wish I'd known.

Bryan Gould: Our model of fighting Covid-19 crisis stands up against the rest

COMMENT: This small country in the South Seas has performed at least as well as any other.

Kiri Gillespie: Ardern has made the right decision

COMMENT: The impact will be far-reaching and affect every one of us.

Bryan Gould: Now is the time to stay strong

COMMENT: Now is the time to stay strong.