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David Beck: Landers-Murphy a champion
Rotorua's Amanda Landers-Murphy is truly our golden girl, writes David Beck.
Letters: Solution to save rescue chopper
A reader discusses the rescue chopper while others discuss the ban on new oil exploration.
Opinion: Maori-based programme worth a shot
Opinion: Billy Macfarlane's new programme for high risk offenders is worth a shot.
Letters: Ngongotaha development views differ
Differing views on a new housing development planned for Ngongotaha.
Opinion: Baby boomers know their own minds
Opinion: We run the real risk of starting to see older people as some sort of deficit.
Letters: We must save our rescue helicopter
A plea to the community to help save the Rotorua-based rescue helicopter.
Letters: Take only photos, leave only footprints
Damages to trees in the Redwoods and council behaviour ringing 'alarm bells'.
Letters: Councillors right to attend public meeting
Councillors defy advice not to attend public meeting and thanks to a Wahine expert.
Opinion: Do people have a 'use by date'?
Te Maori columnist Te Taru White talks about death and having a use by date.
Does Rotorua need to keep its own rescue helicopter?
Rotorua residents react to proposals to axe the Rotorua-based rescue helicopter.
Opinion: Games success is creating sports fans
Opinion: The Commonwealth Games has turned me into a crazed sports fan.
Letters: DHBs' focus should be on health, not property management
Readers discuss the state of hospital buildings and councillors attending public meetings.
Rotorua Springs has a nice ring to it
Is it time for Rotorua to take a long, hard look at its branding?
Letters: Te reo Maori a language for everybody
Readers' views on bilingual signage at the library, the Bible and rail transport.
Time for new talent around boardroom table
Woman are scarce in male-dominated boardrooms.
Letters: Lack of housing consultation 'foolish'
Readers' views on special housing areas in Ngongotaha and a bilingual city.
Opinion: Rescue choppers save lives
Opinion: Prospect of losing the Rotorua and Taupo-based rescue choppers is worrying.
Letters: Both NZ languages have mana and deserve recognition
Readers respond to a letter calling bilingual signage at Rotorua Library 'absurd'.
Opinion: Owhata School kids share what they love
We asked Owhata Primary School students what their favourite thing was about the school.
Rachel Stewart: Death part of the cycle of life
COMMENT: Death notification app is not for all tastes but it keeps things in perspective.
Letters: Good care despite poor financial state of hospital
Readers have their say.
Opinion: Going away a life or death matter
Driving on busy weekends has become a matter of life and death. How sad is that?
Letters: Mysterious marks on Redwoods trees cause confusion
Mysterious marks on Redwoods trees and cheating Aussies are our letters topics today.
Letters: Maori signs at library 'absurd', says letter writer
Maori signs at the library and too much city-wide growth are letters topics today.
Graeme Simpson: 10th Tarawera Ultramarathon
Paul Charteris talks about the Tarawera Ultramarathon.
Letters: Ngongotaha housing development needed community input
Readers weigh in on the Ngongotaha housing development, the library and Mudtopia.
Opinion: Has novelty of Kmart worn off?
Opinion: The allure of cheap, shiny goods is proving hard to resist for many.
Thank you Rotorua for your hospitality
A visitor to Rotorua raves about their trip, while a local is concerned by council debt.
Street view: What made your graduation day so special?
We asked Toi Ohomai graduates what made their day so significant.
Opinion: What's your favourite thing about John Paul College?
We asked John Paul College students what they like about the school.
Letters: Non-sexy maintenance must be done
Readers' views on council spending priorities and stay-at-home dad Clarke Gayford.