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Opinion: Singlespeed event mind-blowing
The Singlespeed MTB World Champs were like nothing I've ever seen before.
Street view: What do you think of the $35m Lotto Powerball?
We ask people on the street what they think about the huge Lotto prize draws.
Letters: Restore performing arts centre quickly
Letters on the performing arts centre, council debt and its credit rating.
Opinion: TPP puts sovereign rights at stake
Opinion: Our sovereign rights belong to the citizens of New Zealand.
Letters: Women deserve equal rights
Letters on the council's credit rating and equal pay for women.
Opinion: Was gay marriage vote really needed?
The question has to be asked - why was the referendum held in the first place?
Opinion: Karma may await thieves who hit dead man's house
Gavin Lomas, whose dead brother's flat was ransacked, believes in karma.
Letters: Council credit rating of real value
The deputy mayor responds to letters about council finances.
Street View: Why did you want to become a citizen?
We asked our new citizens why they wanted to make New Zealand home.
Letters: Feeling the spirit in Rotorua
A former resident enjoys his return to Rotorua with a walking tour.
Opinion: If truth hurts, get another one
Asteroids? Climate change? Nuclear armageddon? Just what is our biggest threat?
Wearable art on wheels
Singlespeed events in Rotorua have always been spectacular with colourful costumes.
Opinion: Christmas Appeal makes a difference
Every year we are amazed by the response to our Rotorua Daily Post Christmas Appeal.
Letters: Job well done on Hemo roundabout
Our readers weigh in on the Hemo roundabout, SHMPAC and council debt.
Review: Kindly Leave The Stage
Kindly Leave The Stage is playing at the Shambles Theatre.
Opinion: No shame in having a house cleaner
Opinion: I don't often tell anyone I have a cleaner as it brings mixed reactions.
Letters: Council CEO on debt and staffing
The council chief executive responds to a reader's letter.
Opinion: Nice start, now the work starts for Coffey
Tamati Coffey has made his maiden speech in Parliament - now the hard work begins.
Letters: Te Manawa needs more than a few tweaks
The new City Focus and the 'meaningless enjoyment' of fireworks.
Letters: Council has positive financial rating
Readers' comment on the Rotorua Lakes Council's financial performance and InfraCore.
Opinion: Prime Minister must nix the TPP
The trouble with the TPP is that it is not only a free-trade arrangement.
Burnouts leave us blue
Readers write about burnouts for charity and the outrage over schoolboy pranks.
Show me the language
More and more we are hearing our mainstream broadcasters normalising te reo Maori.
Letters: Leave the pay alone of those who do the hard work
Letters: Readers discuss worker pay cuts, the beautification of Kuirau Park and pranks.
Opinion: Time to end home fireworks?
After years of debate, is it time to bite the bullet and ban firework sales?
You can't do anything about the rain
Events in Rotorua have copped it over the last few years and that's down to bad luck.
Letters: Ratepayers right to complain
Readers' views on council debt and parklets in the city.
Letters: Parklets a great idea, if all on board
It's all about the CBD - Te Manawa and the parklet on Tutanekai St.
Opinion: Maori business a sleeping giant
Opinion: All major banks in NZ know about the "sleeping giant" that is Maori business.
Street View: Should fireworks be sold to the public?
The Rotorua Daily Post asked locals if they think fireworks should be sold to the public.
Letters: Ratepayers footing council debt
Readers' views on Rotorua Lakes Council's debt.