Two things come to mind in last week's edition of The Weekend Sun (January 19). Firstly the article warning people about the puffer fish seen washed up on the Mount Main Beach, seen in their dozens, and secondly, it's all safe to swim in Pilot Bay now the water has been tested and deemed safe after sewage overflow.

No reason why the puffer fish were dead and who is accountable, and no reason why sewage was allowed to escape its holding tank with no accountability, or how many people were allowed to swim in these muddy waters before anyone noticed, let alone a back-up system to stop this from happening again. Where is the investigative reporters who give a hoot? Has our news become a gossip column-type reporting and a very blasé attitude to the environment? In fact why don't we stop the news and just issue the glossy magazine full of rabbit tales?

R Stewart, Te Puke.