Letters to the Editor

Regional council candidates about port shares

I urge Tauranga region voters to quiz their candidates for the Bay of Plenty Regional Council election as to what their attitude is to reducing BOPRC's shareholding... Read More

A rather unpleasant place to live

Re: Parking metres outside Tauranga's 2nd Ave medical clinic (The Weekend Sun Letters page, September 19 edition). I read with sympathy the plight of the lady... Read More

Kiwis want to eat Kiwi-grown tinned fruit!

I was absolutely outraged to learn that Watties is no longer going to can some of our local growers' fruit. Not only is it going to hurt growers and their livelihoods,... Read More

Don’t fall for it this election

Every time the local elections come around the place is plastered with boards all over the place with people trying to get you to vote for them. Each time - so... Read More

Too much digitisation has a risk of being misused

More than 20 years ago I was in Russia, and decided to go to the library. The entrance to the library was massive. At the entrance I had to walk through metal detectors,... Read More

Building a future where no one faces cancer alone

To the community of Tauranga and the wider Bay of Plenty, I want to express my deepest thanks for all you have given to Daffodil Day, with particular thanks to... Read More

We need to fix this problem and quickly!

If, God forbid, New Zealand was thrust into war, the chances are there would be emergency housing and barracks erected very quickly up and down the country to accommodate... Read More

Heading: Walk the city and you will find…

I have just read a report that a person who lives at the Mount visited Tauranga CBD, and was shocked at the state of the city. He thought that the Covid lockdown... Read More

Well done team!

As an old boy living with colleen my wife in a two-storey house in Tauranga, I have come to realise that I may have become a worry wart apprentice. That's because... Read More

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