Letters to the Editor

Sandwich sales led to Mount school’s pool

I was most interested to read your recent article titled ‘Swim club gives Mount pool fresh look'. My mother, the late Majorie Banks, was on the Mount... Read More

Lack of signage and no Bad Bunny!

I had premium seats for Bad Bunny Monday. Spread over the settee in front of the TV for Superbowl. But I got lost in the labyrinth that is Brookfield and I... Read More

Govt ditching full licence test unbelievable

Recently-announced changes to the driver licensing system in this country have absolutely flabbergasted me. The Government has said it will drop the practical... Read More

Isn’t it ironic?

I go to Tauranga Farmers Market at least once a fortnight, sometimes each week. I am amazed that the bike lane on Cameron Rd very rarely has anyone using it. Cyclists... Read More

How lucky we are here in Tauranga

Recently, I had the misfortune of falling down the hillside at our property. The terrain very overgrown with ivy, jasmine, weeds and the likes. I had a fight with... Read More

A fulfilment of democracy

Margaret Murray-Benge's claim (Letters page, The Weekend Sun, October 31) that Māori seats in local government are 'no better than apartheid” and 'undemocratic”... Read More

A roundabout question

Re: ‘Round and round the roundabout'(Letters page, The Weekend Sun, November 21). I Goldsmith from Buretta wrote about the number of roundabouts from Ōmokoroa... Read More

Very rich and out of touch…

How dare ex-National leader Simon Bridges talk about shortening Kiwi's Christmas holidays. Bridges, head of the Auckland Business Chamber, told the press that... Read More

Needing a leg up

Excuse me while I gag, choke, wretch over my Christmas dinner. Not over the dinner itself. But the cost of it. Because it's hard to enjoy a joyous festive... Read More

We owe them our prayers and support

With beautiful blossom appearing on our trees, with kiwifruit vines beginning to bud, and with the weather beginning to settle, it's easy to forget the horrors of... Read More

Not rowing but paddling…

Re: ‘The waka moves forward best when everyone rows!' published on the Letters page, The Weekend Sun October 3 edition. When paddles are used to propel... Read More

Why were the daffodil gardens destroyed?

For the last few years the reserve on the corner of Chapel St and Ngatai Rd have been graced with two beautiful daffodil gardens originally planted by the Otumoetai... Read More