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Letters: Focus on women on boards unnecessary
A reader questions why the percentage of women on boards receive so much press
Williams: Help te reo Māori gain acceptance
Let's follow Wales, and Ireland and Canada and have our road signs in two languages
McLeod: Price of defying expectations
Serena Williams is so many things that men hate in a woman
Letters: Why now for SH2 campaigners?
A reader wonders why SH2 campaigns are ramping up at this point in time.
Too many of us wasting a hard-won opportunity
Are you okay letting other people make your decisions? Then vote.
Opinion: Shop owners face tough choice
Opinion: No shop owner should have to put their own wellbeing at risk to supply cigarettes
Letters: Look at your own driving before blaming road
Gambling in any form exploits greed and desperation, a reader says.
Letters: Small Nelson beats Tauranga to All Blacks match
Nelson has a population of 51,400 and Tauranga has a population of 131,500.
Te reo Māori important for Māori and Pākehā
Sonya Bateson talks about what te reo means to her.
Time to embrace te reo Māori place names
Māori place names have been around hundreds of years, yet most don't know what they mean
Mistakes happen- let's make them less deadly
18 deaths between 2012 and 2016 is horrific and something needs to be done.
Increasing syphilis rates sign of times
High syphilis rates are another sign of the degeneration of NZ, a reader says
Opinion: Only 16 Mondays until Christmas
We're nearing the end of another year and approaching another Christmas.
Health care an ongoing battle
Battling poverty brings huge benefits to the whole community
Letters: No good reason to shop anywhere in Tauranga
Construction work, expansions, roadworks, no parking - why would anyone shop in Tauranga?
Peter Williams: Racing must change to survive
Indications from areas with racetracks facing closure are that localism is dominating.
Letters: Is Labour neglecting SH2 for political reasons?
Forget the politics and get our bloody road sorted, a ready says
Dawn Picken: When travel insurance won't pay
If you're very unlucky, you get critically ill overseas.
Cashless society hitting charities in pocket
What's a charity to do when people increasingly stop carrying cash?
Peter Williams: Why Tauranga doesn't need a new stadium
Does a booming, fast-growing city like Tauranga really need a new rugby stadium?
Rachel Stewart: Fed up with over-sharing
COMMENT: 'Confessional' female writers setting feminism back generations.
Letters: Greerton's new crossing 'unsafe'
A reader shares their struggles using mobility scooter on Greerton pedestrian crossing
Tommy Wilson: The moment the light came on
The first Whare for Freedom will help prisoners adjust to life on the outside
Opinion: Cost isn't only factor to consider
Two large poles will soon mar the view of Tauranga Harbour
Time to protest lack of SH2 action
Time to hire buses and drive to Wellington, a reader says
Gould: Farewell to my good friend Doug Short
In memory of a good, kind and decent man.
Letters: Council lacks leadership
Are councillors providing Tauranga with the services they were elected for?
Opinion: Leave the school library alone
This is the latest example of how unprepared our schools are, writes Scott Yeoman.
Peter Williams: Let's say what it really was - death by suicide
We have a serious issue and we cannot hide behind fancy words, writes Peter Williams.
McLeod: When eating meat begins to matter
Age is a drawback to feeling good about the way we farm.
Opinion: Renting is hard work
Who do you keep happy - the renters or the landlords?