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Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
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Dawn Picken: Well-behaved pets no threat to rental properties
Landlords might consider pets home-wreckers, but for many of us, pets are family.
Bryan Gould: All Blacks embody what it is to be a Kiwi
COMMENT: The All Blacks have done more than enough to repay this kind of loyalty.
Matt Cowley: Leading Tauranga into the 2020s
COMMENT: It's hard to believe that it is almost the year 2020, writes Matt Cowley.
Sonya Bateson: When you can't find a midwife in Tauranga
COMMENT: I hit the phones, emails and text messages.
Letters: Leave people alone if they don't want to vote
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Letters: Learning te reo Māori should be a choice
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Rachel Stewart: Farm leaders in dance over freshwater plan
COMMENT: Finally long-delayed "action plan for freshwater" discussion document has arrived
Opinion | Weird and wonderful Bay political slogans
It ain't easy coming up with a pithy political catchphrase, but candidates have tried.
Letters: Students should find spot for Mountie statue
City bus service performance also questioned.
Stephanie Worsop: Vaping has parallels with synnies
COMMENT: Lack of regulations is giving the vaping industry free rein.
Sonya Bateson: Knowledge of New Zealand history sadly lacking among Kiwis
COMMENT: History tells us where we came from - and where we're going.
Bryan Gould: Save the criticism and give credit where due
Sometimes, giving credit where it's due can be the best policy.
Letters: Government needs to resort to blackmail over vaccinations
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Jane Trask: How do we move forward in face of measles outbreak?
COMMENT: Immunisation is important in my whānau, writes Jane Trask.
Dawn Picken: Tauranga's parking woes getting worse
Tauranga's parking woes are only getting worse.
Synthetic cannabis a truly scary drug
COMMENT: What goes into making these drugs is a real Russian roulette.
Letters: Council should stick to its intentions with The Elms land
It was intended for The Elms and should stay that way, a reader says
Comment: How do we ensure a strong youth voice in local elections?
Louis Donovan asks how do we get young people to vote?
Letters: New Zealand 'too soft' on vaccinations
Vaccinations should be compulsory, a reader says.
Phil Twyford: Yes, fixing our killer highways is years overdue
Comment: A handful of four-lane highways in a select few locations is not the solution.
Comment: Okere Falls zipline a winner
We don't want the Bay of Plenty to become another Maya Bay.
Comment: When cooking a barbecue makes you the neighbour from hell
How do you know if someone's a vegan? Don't worry, they'll tell you.
Letters: Ratepayers can't be expected to pay business owners
Readers have their say on the Bayfair overbridge and CBD business owners.
Comment: Don't let measles ruin the AIMS Games
If this outbreak has taught us anything, it's that we should listen to the experts.
Revoke licence to print money: Time to take back power from the banks
OPINION: It is time politicians took back commercial banks' monopoly to create money.
Opinion: MPs and leapfrogging salaries
MPs are benefiting from the public sector's hefty pay rises.
Our view: Fixing the housing crisis a tall task
The Government committed to building houses "as quickly as we can", whatever that means.
Rod Vaughan: Fixing our killer highways is years overdue
COMMENT: Regional New Zealand in revolt over horror highways.
Letters: Politicians to blame for low turnout
A reader believes council hopefuls are not making enough effort.
Dawn Picken: Time to strike back at people who don't vaccinate
Inactions that threaten public health deserve consequences.