Letters to the Editor

Retail rebuttal

I was very disappointed in A Bourne of Bethlehem's letter (The Weekend Sun, November 17). This person obviously doesn't have much business knowledge or own an actual... Read More

Up to our eyebrows

You have to wonder. Here we are in our own swamp, up to our eyebrows with crocodiles, alligators and serpents (like homelessness, deprived children and inadequate... Read More

Polite deterring okay

Regarding the letter from B Conroy (The Weekend Sun, November 17). I agree with him that the ‘parking vigilante' should have firstly observed the disabled... Read More

Online buyer beware

Re A Bourne's letter (The Weekend Sun, November 17). Your misguided perception of what the margin between your $70 online shoe purchase and the retail cost of a... Read More

Lease shop space for parking

The CBD business folk wailing and gnashing their teeth regarding customer parking (price and lack of) could, of course, take the entrepreneurial path, shut up shop,... Read More

Govt road safety priority welcome

Rogers Rabbits' column on the road toll (The Weekend Sun, November 10) conveniently missed a very important statistic. When comparing the road tolls of previous... Read More

Good riddance to United Future

There have been some great results from the 2017 election. What initially looked like another three years of National has instead delivered us a coalition government... Read More

USS Terrified of Everything

I notice from the usual suspects' letters that the HMS Dread Nought has been replaced in Kiwi affections by the USS Terrified Of Everything. For M Hills' information... Read More

Making ACC look good

I have just spent 10 years with a stuffed shoulder and ACC has, in all areas, gone around the replacement of the joint. After three operations which achieved nothing... Read More

Extra tax on ‘obscene’ pay

Government/corporate pay in excess of $750,000 per annum is, most would agree, obscene, unbalancing the societal common good. Let the Corporate/Higher Salaries Commission... Read More

What are we paying for?

Points of interest that caught my eye in The Weekend Sun, November 10. New Zealand First was useful in removing the smile from Bill's face, which was Winston's only... Read More

Sharpen your pencils NZ retailers

The retailers are whining again about people shopping overseas and not paying GST, claiming it is not an even playing field and retailers are seriously disadvantaged.... Read More