There will be much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth over the minimum wage increase coming in this year. The Government has announced it will increase the... Read More

Re: Forest & Bird is calling for the wider Hauraki Gulf to Bay of Plenty crayfishing area (known as CRA2) to be closed for three years to allow the species to start... Read More

Re: Letters on the United Nations Global Migration Compact printed in The Weekend Sun, December 21 and 28 editions. I'd like to put up a bloke called Sanjay as... Read More

Congratulations to the Tauranga City Council. A big 100 per cent on the effort for making Greerton safer. Managing speed could not be better. Without the vehicle... Read More

With summer arriving in the Western Bay of Plenty, I wonder how many politicians will turn up on our doorstep - to enjoy the sand, sun and surf that we all love... Read More

For the past decade New Zealand has been governed by political parties, reluctant to inform the public on matters of national importance, making decisions in secret... Read More

Here's my Christmas time report card on New Zealand. Competition with Australia in sport is tough, so why do we give $5 billion-plus to Australia by supporting Aussie... Read More

Climate Change Minister James Shaw, National spokesperson Todd Muller and entourage have attended the Paris Climate treaty held in Katowice, Poland. Reportedly,... Read More

The subjects bothering many motorists are clogged roads, lack of parking at the destination, and both appear more prevalent? There is no need for the level of congestion,... Read More

As 2018 draws to a close, let's examine what our councils in the Bay of Plenty have been up to this year. Tauranga City Council managed to obliterate a perfectly-sound... Read More

Re: ‘New buses don‘t cut it' (The Weekend Sun, December 14). My wife and I would like to express our complete agreement with the comments made by J.... Read More

I can hear the outcry from the suburbs already. Why are we, the ratepayers, bailing out Our Place? The usual chorus of naysayers, kill joys and cave dwellers. The... Read More