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Mark Lister: What if the US debt ceiling isn’t resolved?
Opinion: We’ve got the small matter of the US debt ceiling to resolve.
Opinion: Poverty is a circumstance - not a character flaw
Opinion: "It’s a cycle. A trap. And one that is incredibly difficult to escape."
Luke Kirkness: Thinking beyond roadworks to fix pothole crisis
Opinion: Roads of despair - will drivers ever be safe from NZ's pothole epidemic?
Opinion: Tasering of elderly dementia patient appalling
Opinion: "A health issue should not be confused with aggressive, law-breaking behaviour."
How you can transform food waste into sustainable savings
Opinion: Expert tips on saying goodbye to food waste and hello to savings.
Premium Debate: Why Labour’s Budget might be the most radical in 30 years
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The Premium Debate: Subscribers share views on family's rental struggle
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The Premium Debate: 33 pothole complaints in 10 days
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Opinion: Why I'm only slightly surprised by this Budget
OPINION: The announcement I'm most interested in - for selfish reasons.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: No need to fear strong, Māori, women politicians
Opinion: Female Māori politicians are challenging some of the norms of Parliament.
Premium Debate: Subscribers react to teens hooked on vaping
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The Premium Debate: How AI could impact the legal sector
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Opinion: Rotorua swimmer makes NZ squad for Virtus Games
With swimming Bailey Conlon has found his 'place, his purpose, his tribe'.
The Premium Debate: Ability will always trump personality
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Jo Raphael: Hitting the brakes on fleeing drivers
OPINION: Trying to outrun the police is stupid, dangerous and reckless.
The Premium Debate: Mum's plight confirms Third World status
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Mark Lister: Is a recession possible with unemployment this low?
COMMENT: The labour market is still extremely tight and wages are still rising solidly.
The Premium Debate: Subscribers react to farmers facing a 'profit squeeze'
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Opinion: Why the toll road price hikes really grind my gears
OPINION: If I’m paying to drive on a road, I want the option of being able to safely pass.
Opinion | I upped sticks and moved to Aussie - the grass isn't greener, so I came home
OPINION: Yes the work perks are better but what about missing your family?
The Premium Debate: Use the Budget to give the team of five million a break
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Opinion: Working fulltime and studying? Why you should hang in there
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Whānau Ora students show why it's worth being committed.
Letters: Lifestyle can’t compete with paying the bills
Opinion: Rotorua readers have their say.
Opinion: Basketball 'community legend' Darrell Pene recognised with service award
The Pene name has been associated with basketball for more than four decades.
The Premium Debate: Subscribers react to Kiwis moving to Aussie for better lives
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Letters: Generous donations appreciated after car stolen and used to burn band building
OPINION: Rotorua readers have their say.
Sonya Bateson: My view on whether we should build the controversial stadium
Opinion: I like the idea - but I also cherish our parks and green spaces.
Opinion: Kids paying the price of sociologists' teacher takeover
Opinion: New teachers graduate with scant knowledge of the science of human learning.
Opinion: Time to consider a day to honour all who have served
'From the veterans I spoke to, not one objected to November 11 being named Veterans Day.'