It's a dilemma alright. What will we do when supermarkets phase out plastic bags? What did we do before plastic bags? We used brown paper bags groceries were packed... Read More

Haka, haka, haka! When are we going to present to the world our national image with an Irish jig, a Scottish reel, an English Morris dance, a Chinese Shen Yun or... Read More

Scenario: Monday this week a road marker man and mates painted a white middle line and others in Grove Ave, Mount Maunganui. On Tuesday Higgins tar sealed the road... Read More

The pharmaceutical industry is supported because medicines benefit one's health. When a company discovers a possible drug leader it applies for a patent, which in... Read More

The plastic bag debate is underway. But what about the unnecessary plastic generated in the supermarkets, such as double wrapping, apples in plastic tubes and croissants... Read More

The Mount Maunganui Reserve Management Plan that iwi seek to implement is 28 pages long. When the city council advised me two months ago me that submissions could... Read More

Farmers' (Elizabeth Properties) proposed redevelopment of its city site looks really good from the concept plans, and this project by successful family interests... Read More

Many will be eyeing the living wage concept, which is very overdue. If the low-paid worker tries to get ahead with a second job, out comes secondary tax to dampen... Read More

At peak times on 15th Ave, towards Welcome Bay, traffic is inching along, mainly because of cars entering from side streets. I suggest a ‘No Exit' sign at... Read More

In his editorial of August 4 the editor of The Weekend Sun wrote about Tauranga's traffic woes, rightly commenting that 'development [had been] allowed to race ahead... Read More

I now live in early Pyes Pa Rd but for many years used SH2 for work projects at Omokoroa, Katikati, Waihi Beach, Waihi, Te Aroha and Morrinsville and found it to... Read More

Re S Harris's letter in The Weekend Sun (September 29). We no longer recycle as much as we could for many reasons. Our weekly bag is rarely full so it is not financially... Read More