Letters to the Editor

Smoke-screening from Trustpower

Trustpower is engaging in a little smoke-screening. If we say yes to TECT we potentially lose $29,000 over the next 55 years. Could it be true? I am 72 years old... Read More

A community asset, not a customer asset

The recent announcement from TECT appears to have caused loss in value of its share investment in Trustpower. For obvious reasons, the announcement (not yet confirmed)... Read More

Like, you know

I have to agree with Jim Bunny's editorial (The Weekend Sun, February 9) re use of the word ‘like'. Every fourth or fifth word is ‘like'. Even some well-known... Read More

Sticky plaster over a bullet hole

A bypass around Katikati is nothing more than a sticky plaster over a bullet hole. In no time at all, blood will seep and the problem will again be a problem. It... Read More

Keep up education and encouragement

Re Rogers Rabbits, The Weekend Sun, February 2. I know this will probably never be published as you own the paper, but as someone who never writes to newspapers... Read More

Not so wild about dogs

That the notion of kids reading to a dog at the Papamoa Library (‘Kids get wild about reading', page 7, The Weekend Sun, January 26) was not challenged seems... Read More

Panepane Point ‘natural justice’

I am New Zealand-born 100 per cent Pakeha. I have lived 62 of my 63 years in Mount Maunganui. My opinion on the proposed vesting of 200ha Panepane Point of Matakana... Read More

Cheque proposal not in best interest

The proposed plan by TECT to cease giving annual cheques to Trustpower's eligible customers and change its status to a charitable trust is not in the best interest... Read More

Self-interest from Trustpower?

I commend TECT trustees on their courage to address a structure that has worked well for 25 years, but may not be appropriate in future. Quickly improving electricity... Read More

Congratutulatons to TECT

The TECT trustees should be congratulated on their proposal to future-proof the assets of the trust from the inevitable changes that await our energy sector in the... Read More

TECT trustees tinkering

TECT consumers rightly questioning the wind-up proposal floated by TECT trustees need only go to the TECT website where they will find spelt out in plain English... Read More

Proposal ‘ticks all the boxes’

I congratulate the trustees of TECT on a very elegant solution to the long-standing difficulty surrounding the distribution of the dividend income from their Trustpower... Read More