Letters to the Editor

All hot air

In the news, more accidents are caused by wind these days. What a load of nonsense. These people who put out such statistics forget about population growth. With... Read More

Prison votes

The furore and nonsense over this nonsense defies belief! The felons are locked up for anti-social behavior so why should they enjoy any benefit of society's rights... Read More

Abortion bill

Little, Adams and others responsible for introducing this Abortion Bill are deceitful in justifying this Bill in terms of removing abortion from the Crimes Act or... Read More

Voting rights

If, as the Waitangi Tribunal states, the loss of prisoners' rights to vote would disproportionately affect Maori then the Tribunal should endeavour to persuade Maori... Read More

Make it affordable

We have made use of the WBOP recycling facility since its inception in 2005, when we were supplied with a small green bin and paid an annual fee of $15. With the... Read More

Sea level rise

John Fairburn (The Weekend Sun, August 9) is correct on just one point: Rob Colmore and I 'disagree sharply”: I believe in the basic science of climate change.... Read More

Taking issue

Over the past few days, my character has been poorly represented in the media [Stuff.co.nz, August 7: ‘Racist undertones in submissions on prospect of land... Read More

Mission St

On August 1 the Tauranga City Council heard 36 submissions relating to 11 Mission Street. To me the biggest disappointment of the hearing was from Beth Bowden,... Read More

Debate on sea Level rise

Peter Otway (The Weekend Sun, August 2) States 'CO2 has increased to 415ppm, all man made, the highest level in 3.6 million years.” During the Jurassic period... Read More

Emergency department

The National Government should have built an addiction and mental health centre in Gisborne. Anne Tolley was the minister of police and she lived in Gisborne for... Read More

Say cheese

We have all been intrigued by watching the 50-year commemorations of the Apollo Moon landing. There is one fact they seem to have left out; The astronauts initially... Read More

The sea hasn’t risen

It appears that Rob Colemore (The Weekend Sun, July 19) and Peter Otway (The Weekend Sun August 2) disagree sharply. Who is right? Are we informing our future generation... Read More