Letters to the Editor

Action is needed

I enjoyed reading your paper (April 5, 2019) but was confused by a comment in Rogers Rabbits. Roger said 'you'd have to be a special kind of naive to believe any... Read More

Feedback wanted

Western Bay of Plenty District Council is asking for feed-back on their proposal to introduce kerbside recycling. The Katikati - Waihi Beach Residents and Ratepayers... Read More

NZ’s day of independence

While the Treaty of Waitangi gave tangata Maori, 'The same rights as the people of England if they gave up their kawanatanga/governments to the Queen”, it... Read More

Who benefits?

Thank you for your heart-wrenching but heart-warming story on Esther Richards (Dark news drives need for end of life campaign, The Weekend Sun, March 29). I think... Read More

PM went too far

P. Kelly (The Weekend Sun, March 22) makes a valid point regarding the Christchurch massacre. The gunman was not from New Zealand, so this should not cause more... Read More

Guns and goofs

Legislation effectively banning military-style assault rifles, including modifications and severely limiting ELicences, was long overdue. Now institute a workable... Read More

Viva the state

The 'socialist lefties” come in for a lot of bad press, being blamed for the erosion of the traditional New Zealand way of life. I would proffer the alternate... Read More

White privilege

As an 88-year-old pensioner of the group frequently vilified by some ethnic and pseudo-liberal groups as ‘male, pale and stale', the only white privilege that... Read More

Take a step back

I agree with Rogers Rabbits about the hurried way that the PM is pushing through gun control laws, and the others that will follow. A time has been created for... Read More

Interestingly confusing

Mr R. Paterson's letter (The Weekend Sun, March 22) was indeed interesting to read, but very confusing. Sir, you're obviously a man of intelligence and have a world... Read More

Supporting clean, safe methods

Okay, let's get one thing straight - we will never, ever get rid of rats, mice and stoats from mainland Aotearoa. So why waste valuable resources killing them with... Read More

Which NZ are you referring to?

P. Kelly is jolly worried! Apparently, the 'traditional NZ way of life” is being 'watered” down by 'socialist lefties” (The Weekend Sun, March... Read More