Letters to the Editor

Electric projectiles

My son who lives and works in Auckland commented on electric scooters. He says the Auckland situation is chaotic. There have been several collisions between pedestrians... Read More

Street names

Tauranga City Council's Policy Committee is proposing changes to the street naming policy (Sunlive, June 22). This looks like little more than another effort... Read More

Drive to the conditions

Time and again I hear truckies complaining about the state of New Zealand roads. While I agree with some of them, the saying "drive to the conditions" is what really... Read More

Budget constraints

I am amazed that Don Brash could make some of his statements in his letter (The Weekend Sun, June 21, page 42), in particular that it is absurd to say that Queen... Read More

Kind gesture

Last Friday I went to Pak'nSave to buy watercress. When I put it on the counter at the checkout—behind the large order of the customer in front of me —... Read More

In defence of teachers

I read R. Paterson's latest rant with a measure of disbelief. Having been a teacher for 35 years in New Zealand and overseas I read his description of the easy life... Read More

Methane, myths and carbon dioxide

There is much controversy over these matters. But our world has experienced variation over the centuries. There are still memories of ice on the Thames and school... Read More

Sharing resources

Most interesting to see another of Peter Dey's interpretations of the Treaty of Waitangi (Letters 14 June) being expressed. On the one hand he claims that the... Read More

The real treaty

What Peter Dey claims, [The Weekend Sun, June 14], is not everybody's view of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. As usual he quotes Freeman's flowery rendition of the treaty... Read More

Not anti-Maori

Which part of Peter Fellingham's letter did Peter Dey not understand? Which part of Hobson's Pledge does he cite as recording Pakeha culture as superior... Read More

Equal political rights

Peter Dey (The Weekend Sun, June 14) is wrong on so many counts it's hard to know where to start. Mr Dey should provide evidence that Parliament has formally decided... Read More

A funny old world

Peter Dey (The Weekend Sun, June 21) clearly isn't keen on Article 3 of the Treaty of Waitangi which grants equality of citizenship to all New Zealanders and... Read More