8:28:09 Thursday 21 August 2025

Letters to the Editor

Why do we pay for such great digs?

If you are going to be banged up for a crime, Tauranga's the 'come to” place. First, if and when you get caught for your indiscretions, you will be chauffeured... Read More

Letters’ return welcome

I was very pleased to see Letters once again featuring in The Weekend Sun pages. I had missed this feature, and wondered why it had been discontinued. I find the... Read More

The lesson from a supermarket birthday…

Hooray for PAK'nSAVE - it's been around for 40 years, since 1985 when the first supermarket branch opened in Kaitaia in the Far North. In the last weeks we've... Read More

I absolutely disagree!

Re: Letters to the Editor titled 'It's the slow drivers too!” and 'The wrong measures taken…” published in The Weekend Sun, February 14 edition. In... Read More

School holidays are not long enough!

Re: News article 'Are the school holidays too long?”, published pages 12-13 in The Weekend Sun, February 14 edition. I believe the school holidays are not... Read More

No issue here…

There is much noise about our Mayor Mahé Drysdale not having sold his house in Cambridge and moved his family to Tauranga, which was a commitment he made... Read More

When running for mayor, he promised to move

Prior to being elected Mayor of Tauranga, Mahé Drysdale promised that he would relocate his family to Tauranga. Seven months have passed and his family is... Read More

We need a day to take pride in our wonderful Bay

It's great that our local MPs are questioning why our provincial holiday is Auckland Anniversary Day. To come up with a holiday that better reflects our location... Read More

A Village Radio gem!

Take Village Radio once a day, and all your problems will just fade away. Such is the power that music can make and for all tastes because of a large selection the... Read More

Wrong measures taken

Re: ‘State Highway 2 speed limit debate rages on', published pages 6-7 in The Weekend Sun February 7 edition. I have lived in Katikati since 1995, and have... Read More

It’s the slow drivers too!

The anonymous driver of the car that posted the 29-second video of a truck overtaking illegally on the Kaimai Range also should be charged for dangerous driving... Read More

Let the people decide

A number of points are troubling me over The Treaty Principles Bill. One is the National and NZ First's comments that the bill will be voted down and will not become... Read More