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Letters: Transport solutions need revising
Letters: Transport solutions need to be revised.

Opinion: Heartbreaking ripple effect
To see a man known to be gentle and friendly become shaken and scared is heartbreaking.

Tayla Harris should be able to do her job without abuse
AFLW player Tayla Harris has slammed vulgar comments made about an image of her at work

Letters: Military-style semi-automatics need to go
Letters: Military-style semi-automatics need to go.

Dawn Picken: Thoughts and prayers are not enough after Christchurch
Hatred loses its footing when we stand for justice - and act in love.

Opinion: Sport a chance to come together
Sports reporter David Beck says sport is a way people can unite together.

Rachel Stewart: Owning firearms a privilege not a right
COMMENT: Whatever Govt decides, I am fully prepared to relinquish my semi-automatics.

Letters: NZ has no cause to allow semi-automatic weapons
Letters: New Zealand has no cause to allow semi-automatic weapons

Letters: Christchurch shooting an 'evil, suffocating, tragic event'
Christchurch shooting preoccupies Bay of Plenty letter writers.

Bryan Gould: Christchurch tragedy product of a home-grown sickness
COMMENT: Whatever mask terrorism wears, we must be clear it will not be tolerated.

Samantha Olley: The search for solace after Christchurch attack
COMMENT: Two of New Zealand's darkest days, in the same city, just eight years apart.

Christchurch mosque shootings: Vigils being held in Tauranga
Christchurch mosque shootings: Vigils being held in Tauranga

Opinion: Our country is supposed to be safe
No longer can we look down our noses at gun crime in America.

When a 7.7km journey takes 53 minutes in Tauranga
Traffic congestion is frustrating

Letters: Homeless families need support not judgment
Letters: Homeless families need support not judgement

Opinion: Fantasy NRL study intensifies
Think you can beat sports reporter David Beck at NRL Fantasy? Here's your chance.

Rotorua's James Tauariki makes national team
Rotorua Boys' High School golfers have enjoyed an impressive few weeks.

Letters: National's housing solution came up short
Letters: National to blame for housing crisis

Letters: Mount park revamp not what was promised
Letters: Park revamp not what was promised.

Letters: Are political policy ideas exclusive?
Letters: Are political policy ideas exclusive?

Bryan Gould: Tackle climate change at home
Bryan Gould: Climate Change: part of the solution in our own hands

Opinion: Health authorities need to go on front foot in vaccination debate
Opinion: Health authorities need to go on front foot in vaccination debate

Letters to the editor
Hedonistic lifestyles borrow heavily on our planet's future.

Snapshot of our cultural compass
Tommy Wilson: A snapshot of where our cultural compass is headed

Letters: Lead urgently needed on climate change
Letters: Urgent action on climate change needed.

Dawn Picken: Personal experience leads to review of evidence on routine screening
Rethinking routine breast cancer screening following three tries at biopsy