Latest from RDP - Opinion

Letters: Cigarette sales and rubbish dumping

OPINION: Readers have their say.

Samantha Motion: Reparation delays add insult to injury

Comment: Ensuring reparation system doesn't re-victimise people is the least we can do.

Rob Rattenbury: The ongoing war against possums

This is a neverending war with periods of peace after bouts of extermination.

Zizi Sparks: Rotorua mayor's leadership appointments understandable in my view

COMMENT: Leaders need like-minded people in their top teams.

Dawn Picken: Lessons from a cyclone

COMMENT: For most of us, 2020 will be neither smashing success nor abject failure.

Letters: Rates debate and PM pride

Readers share their views.

Carmen Hall: Cigarette addiction has cost me tens of thousands of dollars

COMMENT: But giving up smoking is not as easy.

Katee Shanks: I'll never look at Whakaari the same way again

It's during the downtime when thoughts of December 9 come to the fore.

Zizi Sparks: We'll never be the same again after White Island

One month on the effects of the eruption are still seen in the small community.

Todd Muller: Clean waterways are everyone's responsibility

Our country's reality is that we all need to play a role in a clean water solution.

Letters: Farewell to markets

Rotorua readers have their say.

Rotorua leaders share their New Year wishes

Rotorua leaders and people on the street share their hopes and wishes for 2020.

Opinion: Shout out to the unsung gems behind our honourees

Recognising the people who quietly make way for greatness.

Bryan Gould: A time for reflection, and change

There is no salvation for any of us if we go on asserting that nothing need change.

Graeme Simpson: Who shone in 2019?

Club of the year is a tie.

Dawn Picken: Eight things that could make life better

Aspirations for a better Bay of Plenty in 2020

Jo Raphael: Former water baby grateful for lifeguards

Between the Flags campaign highlights work our surf lifesavers do.

Zizi Sparks: Christmas appeals making all the difference

The past six weeks have seen donations for food banks flow in.