Letters to the Editor
06:00am Fri 18 Jan, 2019
The middle class - the invisible third of New Zealand who are groaning under the weight and working all the hours God sends to fund everything in this country, But... Read More
06:00am Fri 18 Jan, 2019
Behind the tinted glass windows of the new yellow Bayhopper buses hides a secret. Practically zero customers. My business is on Cameron Road, between 11th and 12th... Read More
06:00am Fri 18 Jan, 2019
You can have all the rules, regulations and fines you like for littering, but you are flogging a dead horse. Fines don't work. Some people don't care and, more often... Read More
06:00am Fri 18 Jan, 2019
Our new bus service in Matua is so frequent, with no passengers mostly. Is this a result of transport planners' ideology, that we must ride public transport when... Read More
06:00am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
Re: ‘Something is out of whack here', The Weekend Sun, January 4, 2019. Well, I totally agree with A Bourne of Bethlehem. Yes I certainly remember the days... Read More
06:00am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
Re: ‘Something is out of whack here', The Weekend Sun, January 4, 2019. Many of us here in the Bay of Plenty have long suspected that Wellington is a different... Read More
06:00am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
It was my privilege to receive a ticket to the first One Day International between the Black Caps and Sri Lanka at the Bay Oval. It is only time before this cricket... Read More
06:00am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
Once again the media is awash with claims of the hottest temperatures ever in the country and yet in November and December - when Russia, much of Europe and the... Read More
06:00am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
The movement that emerged in 2018 to ban plastic bags and got some traction on reducing plastic bag usage, particularly supermarkets, is perhaps a milestone in history. Supermarkets... Read More
06:00am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
The Labour Government of 2000 was spot on with the abolition of knighthoods and damehoods normally dished out to the rich and famous. Inexplicably and foolishly,... Read More
06:00am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
On Saturday I encountered a cyclist riding on Matapihi Rd and asked the question: ‘Why don't you use the cycle track?' His reply was: ‘It's not mandatory'.... Read More
06:00am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
Recent news has Tauranga City Council CEO Marty Grenfell proposing $70,000 in the council's 2019-2020 draft Annual Plan be spent to bring stakeholders together to... Read More
11-Nov 12:23
Council staff back five-year licence for mine camp
11-Nov 09:41
Walk-in urgent healthcare clinic extends hours
11-Nov 06:00
Tauranga mum recounts 'terrifying' encounter
10-Nov 18:06
‘Athlete side’ of OnlyFans helps fund career
10-Nov 17:39
Pāpāmoa Hills park closed after heavy rain
10-Nov 17:00
Tribunal rules against landlord in family feud
10-Nov 14:30
Two people found dead at Tauranga address
10-Nov 14:00
Tauranga waterfront project wins steel award
10-Nov 11:45
SPCA seeks foster homes as kitten season arrives
10-Nov 10:00
Wild venison reaches 120 food banks
10-Nov 08:16
Thunderstorm threat looms over upper North
10-Nov 07:36
Kawerau homicide victim named
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