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![Opinion: Treating commuters like guinea pigs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Opinion: Treating commuters like guinea pigs
The changes to the roads around the Maungatapu Underpass must be doing drivers' heads in.
![Letters: Health and safety ruining playgrounds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Health and safety ruining playgrounds
A fun playground has been ruined by the health and safety police, a reader says.
![Letters: Unimpressed over Bella Vista](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Unimpressed over Bella Vista
Resident unimpressed with council handling of Bella Vista and where is Wairoa?
![Bryan Gould: Climate change v economy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Bryan Gould: Climate change v economy
Bryan Gould shares his views on the impact of climate change.
![Trent Boult and wife Gert expecting first child](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Trent Boult and wife Gert expecting first child
Black Caps fast bowler Trent Boult and his wife Gert are expecting their first child.
![McLeod: Matt Lauer not at fault over access](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
McLeod: Matt Lauer not at fault over access
Paradise is a long way off for regular Kiwis
![Rachel Stewart: Signs of a stressed-out dairy industry](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Rachel Stewart: Signs of a stressed-out dairy industry
COMMENT: If farmers don't find a new way forward soon, they'll feel more alone than ever.
![Letters: No room for mobility cars](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: No room for mobility cars
Mobility cars too large for Matapihi Rail Bridge, a reader says.
![Bryan Gould: Thick skin needed for politics](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Bryan Gould: Thick skin needed for politics
No government can please all the people all of the time.
![Innovative solutions needed for Bay's homeless](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Innovative solutions needed for Bay's homeless
Auckland is opening a $49m to rough sleepers - why can't we do the same?
![Letters: Trial T2 lanes at Hairini St](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Trial T2 lanes at Hairini St
Why not trial making Hairini St as a T2-plus lane, a reader asks
![Letters: Freedom of speech](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Freedom of speech
Readers share thoughts on charter schools, freedom of speech and Awanui Black claims.
![Rosemary McLeod: Free speech martyr?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Rosemary McLeod: Free speech martyr?
When you're all over the internet, it's a bit rich to claim you're a martyr to free speech
![Letters: Maungtapu underpass 'lunacy' unfolds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Maungtapu underpass 'lunacy' unfolds
Nothing will change without four-laning main arterial roads, a reader says.
![Soper: Simon Bridges squares up to his biggest problem](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Soper: Simon Bridges squares up to his biggest problem
COMMENT: With the last poll putting him at nine per cent he knows he has cause for worry.
![Getting rid of plastic daunting challenge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Getting rid of plastic daunting challenge
Single-use plastic permeates our daily lives.
![Opinion: The demise of 'the West'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Opinion: The demise of 'the West'
It is hard to believe that the American people can stand idly by
![Letters: Car freedom is a nostalgic relic](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Car freedom is a nostalgic relic
There can never be enough money for enough roads, a reader says
![Editorial: Nurses' care is not currency](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Editorial: Nurses' care is not currency
Opinion: Strikes by nurses after whopping offer threaten to turn sentiment.
![Rachel Stewart: Same-sex and proud - let them eat cake](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Rachel Stewart: Same-sex and proud - let them eat cake
COMMENT: There will be many more bumps on the road to gay wedded bliss.
![Letters: Follow Singapore's lead in dealing with drug crime](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Follow Singapore's lead in dealing with drug crime
New Zealand's drug trade is flourishing, a reader says
![Letters: Free speech, hospital care, plastic bags](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Free speech, hospital care, plastic bags
Plastic bags, freedom of speech and Tauranga Hospital feature in today's letters.
![Fresh food should be more easily accessible](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Fresh food should be more easily accessible
There is a huge satisfaction in cooking with fresh ingredients and love for your family.
![Letters to the editor: Get over racism](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters to the editor: Get over racism
Get over racism, it's not going away, a reader says