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Cycle stations, water taxis or shuttles, rail systems, trams and buses - yes please.
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There are a few days left of autumn but it feels like winter.
Letters: Plastic bags aren't the only problems
Why not focus on plastic milk bottles and disposable nappies, a reader asks.
Opinion: Exciting times ahead for Tauranga's city centre
New developments will go a long way towards livening up the city centre.
Letters: Kiwifruit hours not suited to parents
There's a willing workforce of parents, but they can't get childcare for kiwifruit hours.
Letters: Frustration 'boiling over'
Letters: Community's Frustration 'boiling over'
Lizards out and about at the royal wedding
Amal Clooney, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Victoria Beckham? All lizards.
Opinion: Let's not raise the drawbridge in the Bay
The Bay's promise as a great place for newcomers to settle comes with a caveat.
Tommy Wilson: The United Tribes of Tauranga Moana marching for mana
Witnessing history in the making as Tauranga Moana's three iwi make common cause
Opinion: What could the royal couple do in New Zealand?
Opinion: The spotlight on the next royal power couple is far from over
Letters: Stop coming up with more taxes
The last thing Kiwis need is another tax, a reader says
New boss named for Acorn Foundation
A new general manager of the Acorn Foundation has been announced.
Bryan Gould: Trump and Kim owning their stories
It is becoming obvious who really holds the trump cards
Family Markle lack sparkle
More than heart trouble at play in the Meghan Markle and Prince Harry wedding drama.
Hosking: Good riddance to Māori ward nonsense
COMMENT: How in 2018 can you single out a race and offer them something no one else gets.
Mike Williams: Nats leadership is weak; Judith Collins' time is coming
COMMENT: Nat leader's limp Budget-day monologue may have helped someone in the wings.
Letters: Cast racial division aside
We should embrace one law for all, a reader says
OPINION: My royalist confession
How following the royals helped me feel connected to my British kin.
Opinion: Simon Bridges' response to Budget 2018
Tauranga MP and Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges responds to the Budget.
Opinion: Jan Tinetti responds to Budget 2018
Tauranga Labour list MP Jan Tinetti shares her thoughts on the Budget announcement.
Bryan Gould: 'Rock solid' Budget
There is some limited but welcome new thinking, Bryan Gould says
Opinion: Housing dream still a dream after Budget 2018
The reduction of the KiwiBuild policy disappoints.
Letters: Tauranga's congestion problem needs addressing
If councillors want to change driver behaviour, they should take the bus, a reader says.
Gender pay gap: Love's labours not lost on women
Emotional labour is the extra chore that can cause insoluble resentment.
Rachel Stewart: Ministry's cunning plan fails again
COMMENT: Farmers should have acted sooner but MPI should have too.
School balls memories last a lifetime
School balls are a highlight of the year but can be an expensive experience.
Stop judging able-bodied beneficiaries
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Letters: Retirees untapped source of kiwifruit workers
The Government should look at supporting pensioners into kiwifruit work, a reader says