Opinion - Bay of Plenty Times
Editorial: Statues all about big kids
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy and eight of his little mates will soon be taking up residence on Tauranga's downtown waterfront. The bronze statues will cost $650,000 to install and $150,000 to maintain. The money is expected to come from donations and fundraising, with seed money from TECT. The installation is expected to be...
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Adult debate: Letters, 23 February
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Rosemary McLeod: What shall we tell the kids?
Trent Arsenault is a proud 36-year-old virgin who has so far fathered 15 children via an age-old but usually uncelebrated manual art.
Editorial: Caution cripples our city's future
The decision to block a $7 million marine precinct at Sulphur Point amounted to a missed opportunity in a challenging economic environment.
Martine Rolls: Christchurch still strong
It's hard to believe that today at 12.51pm it has been a full year since that devastating earthquake hit Christchurch.
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Editorial: Shop out of place in village
One story that has captured my attention is the controversy over the planned adult shop in Greerton.
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Richard Moore: Fruitless exercise
Who'd be a kiwifruit grower? You are in an industry that once was gold, but now leaves a taste of having bitten into an overripe furry brown thing.
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Garth George: All this flesh is too much...
Why is it, I wonder, that those who choose to indulge in social intercourse while stark bollock naked seem to be seeking to extend their domain?
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Dame Susan Devoy: Every child a fair chance
I like to listen or read the maiden speeches delivered by the new MPs. After all, we should show an interest in the people chosen to run our country.
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Editorial: Are we being creamed?
Who would have thought, in a country full of cows and lush grass, milk has become a luxury product?
'Huge' clock travels 17,700km to come home to...
A Wellington man never expected a seven foot tall clock to turn up on his doorstep, and yet there it was, the huge grandfather clock his great-great-grandfather had...
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Should all cyclists wear bike helmets?
Why, why, why? Letters, 18 February
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