Letters to the Editor

TECT proposal ‘right thing to do’

Establishing TECT as a charitable trust so that it can put 100 per cent of its wealth to work for the community is the right thing to do. Local and central government... Read More

Caught out in Te Puke

Have any other Weekend Sun readers experienced this? You're cruising into Te Puke from the Papamoa end at the legal speed limit and you come across two roundabouts... Read More

Rip-off power prices in NZ

I don't know what planet Graeme Peters (chief executive, Electricity Networks Association) is living on but it's not planet Earth. His comment on TV1 news 'I think... Read More

We must demand accountability

We have just had one of the wettest summers on record with more heavy rain expected. We have also had water restrictions. Why? Because our executive and elected... Read More

Council's rubbish responsibility

With March coming, I hope the glass collection bins proposed are an interim solution only and we are only hearing half the story through the media. It's a bit like... Read More

Charter schools a chance to succeed

Chris Hipkins' decision to scrap charter schools is nothing short of disgraceful and he is simply crawling to the teachers' union. Charter schools give children... Read More

Credit for charter schools decision

Let's give credit where credit is due. Good on the Minister of Education and the Labour Party for taking meaningful steps to shut down the repugnant charter schools... Read More

i-Site expenditure questioned

BOP Tourism continues to be a force unto themselves. Funded by the council, which really means the rate-paying public of Tauranga, they become very tight-lipped... Read More

Absolutely ‘yes’

I was listening to a very well-educated man speaking on The AM Show about leadership, a very interesting topic with many questions from the panel. However, I am... Read More

Little things count

Thanks to the ladies and gentleman playing guitars and ukuleles recently to farewell passengers from the Sun Princess. It is the little things that count and people... Read More

Who is going to pay?

I read Mr Bridge's article in last week's Weekend Sun (February 9). I am a pensioner and tax cuts would be welcome. But more welcome would be efficient hospitals,... Read More

TECT proposal ‘rip-off’

TECT Board of Trustees propose to wind up TECT in 2022 by bribing all Trustpower consumers with a one-off lump sum payment of $2500, plus five more years of TECT... Read More