Well done those engineers who designed the new layout of SH29, constructed at glacial speed across Matapihi Peninsula. Recent extension of the median barrier from... Read More

Criticism of a proposed rates increase of around 14 per cent claimed to meet so-called burgeoning growth etc. is caused by big spending on unnecessary ‘nice-to-haves'... Read More

The reasons given by Mike Lally (The Weekend Sun, December 1) for voting against Maori electoral wards for the Western Bay council do not seem to be based on hard... Read More

I raise this question as Tauranga City councillors barge ahead, without asking us, if we are agreeable to paying between $100-120 million for a museum. They say... Read More

Council/ratepayers have now spent/wasted something like $2 million on numerous museum 'investigations'. They are now investigating investigations. A majority of... Read More

Something drastic has to be done about rates. Why should a house worth a million be rated higher than a house at $500,000? Surely how many people use the services... Read More

In general, our elected members of local councils do a good job but when they make a bad decision it really affects us all. The regional council made the decision... Read More

Having entered the final quarter of one's life provides time for reflection. Over the past 22 years we have said goodbye to all four of our parents/grandparents.... Read More

The average lethargic Kiwi should be grateful to Sir Bill Gallagher and for his speech to the Waikato institute of Directors as reported in the press. A little research... Read More

Of course Sir William Gallagher knew exactly what he was saying when he said the 1975 version of the Treaty of Waitangi was a fraud. Also, the document from which... Read More

On November 21 I had to take part in the debate on the issue of Maori wards for the Western Bay of Plenty Council. I voted not to introduce Maori wards and now,... Read More

It seems Tauranga ratepayers will be facing some hefty rate increases over the next 10 years, adding hundreds to the yearly bill. There must be a genetic code in... Read More