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Opinion: Be kind to people working in retail, including travel agents

Whenever you come across people just doing their jobs, remember to be a decent human.

Samantha Motion: We are not powerless in the path of this virus

COMMENT: Community spirit is a force more than equal to this virus.

Savouring small moments in the time of Covid-19

Many of us have the equivalent of a personal pandemic running parallel to coronavirus.

Letters: Council should revisit rates raise amid coronavirus pandemic

Our readers have their say.

Samantha Motion: Coronavirus has arrived, but it's the rumour-mongering that worries me

COMMENT: False information is spreading more virulently than coronavirus.

Invasive mangrove seedlings have to go

Our readers have their say.

Jo Raphael: Working from home - and making the most of a bad situation

These are some strange times.

Letters: Coronavirus not the first epidemic for some

Our readers have their say.

Bryan Gould: No moral leadership in Trump's vaccine grab

COMMENT: Why was it not enough just to obtain access to the vaccine?

No easy solution for rates situation

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Letters: How did Transport Hub get consent in the first place?

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Carmen Hall: State home lottery draw not good enough

I understand the housing crisis is historic but it is not good enough.

Jane Trask: We need to fix the homeless problem now

What can be done about increasing numbers of homeless people within Rotorua?

Letters: Rates rises and police pursuits

Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Carmen Hall: Drivers who flee the police are idiots

Police plea for fleeing drivers in the Bay of Plenty to stop.

Letters: Region dodges a bullet as rain breaks drought

Our forests need a 1080 drop so they can recover from pests, restoring drought protection.

Bryan Gould: I urge customers to stand up for themselves

Customers need to stand up for themselves just as Bryan Gould has done.

Rob Rattenbury: Dual naming needed in Aotearoa New Zealand

'We have nothing in common with Zeeland but everything in common with Aotearoa.'