Letters to the Editor

Concentrate on human hardship

When reading your page [The Weekend Sun, page 2, July 26], particularly about Ollie Langridge making a stand on a national climate emergency, I could not help wondering... Read More

Right to take life

I am disgusted that our government is contemplating this law! I was diagnosed with aggressive stage four prostate cancer at level 9 on the Gleason scale and metastisised... Read More

Abortion is not a health issue

Andrew Little is wrong when he says the abortion issue is a health one. It is not. Pregnancy is not an illness or a disease, it is a natural function of the body.... Read More

Setting sail

Re: 'PM to set sail for Tokelau Islands'. The first NZ Prime Minister to visit Tokelau Islands in 15 years. Who would not want to visit their father, in... Read More

Substandard recycling

My husband and I recently shifted from Auckland to Tauranga. We were appalled at the lack of recycling here. You don't take plastic recycling bags. The bin for... Read More

Free speech at risk

With the action taken to take down the video of the Christchurch gunman's massacre, there are already strong signs that Jacinda's efforts are going to be twisted... Read More

Better the dopey you know

Nominations have opened for council [elections] and may someone have mercy on the ratepayers. If you are one of the minority who will vote you should consider not... Read More

Road funding

How can this Government govern responsibly when it takes $5 billion from State Highway funding to fund some dubious rail project in Auckland? Worth remembering... Read More

Other option

15th Ave already has a second lane, 14th Avenue, so the whole exercise ($4million), will achieve nothing. The traffic lights at Burrows St will stay red during... Read More

Blowing Smoke

I am incredulous with the nonsense councillor Morris is currently spouting, firstly trying to defend the obscene Mount track repair costs then moving on to Bayfair... Read More

CBD story

Who paid Peter Kageyama? What utter rubbish he is once again talking. Tauranga is not and never has been a tourist town and the CBD desperately needs more than a... Read More

Activate Old Solutions

Your recent issue had a couple of articles around bone joints and arthritis. A subject that affects most people over the age of 45-50, however discussions now tend... Read More