Letters to the Editor

This is democracy

Councillor Larry Baldock is calling for another vote on the proposed museum due to the low number of votes cast, which he has called 'the baby referendum”.... Read More

Combine museum with art gallery

I, like many others, do not want a museum in Tauranga until all core services are at a respectable level to what other councils offer. In the voting, I ticked no... Read More

Charity begins at home

I never thought I would agree with Simon Bridges, but he is right when he says charity begins at home. $900 million to the islands, but paying St John the $70 million... Read More

Everyone deserves to be pain-free

On April 30 an item on the midday news covered the legalisation of medicinal marijuana. Guess what the medical profession came out with? The same tired old 'there... Read More

Drug users should pay

The government needs to do more to stop people using methamphetamine. Really? And how will they do that? Using it is a personal choice. Our border patrols and Customs... Read More

Senior abuse in rest home case

It has recently been reported in the media that in 2016 a 95-year-old resident of the Mary Shapley Care Home in Whakatane was required to occupy a recliner chair... Read More

Experiment with free transport

One has to feel for Aucklanders. All that extra money they are going to pay and probably little to show for it at the end. Some years ago Barcelona had the same... Read More

Solar power alternative option

On a recent rail trip through southern England I noted that many of the towns had fields of solar panels on their outskirts. I mentioned this to my daughter, a teacher... Read More

Living as one under the sun

If our forefathers made an agreement 178 years ago and over the next 50 years haven't honoured it that is their sin, not ours. New Zealand has come a long way, with... Read More

More museum machinations

So Mr Bridges still craves a museum. That's probably why he's Leader of the Opposition with that mind set and tunnel vision outlook. Roger Rabbits museum assessment... Read More

Advert ‘misleading’

The full page advertisement by Hobson's Pledge and 1Law4All in The Weekend Sun of May 4 objecting to Maori wards is misleading because it suggests that the local... Read More

Hang gliders ‘not selfie type’

Re ‘A new breed of tourism' (page 4-5, The Weekend Sun, April 27). I was taken aback when I read about one person's dislike of paragliding as it appeared to... Read More