Letters to the Editor

Why is research needed?

There was a very interesting item on TV1's Sunday programme recently re breast cancer and the drug palbociclib, specifically the brand Ibrance. Of particular interest... Read More

Coalition partners

I can hardly stop laughing. During last week's minor parties' debate candidates were asked if there were any coalition partners they could not work with. Greens... Read More

Tooth fairies and other menaces

Ms Ardern has more than a mouthful of teeth because she is spitting out the ‘tax' - water, land, capital gains, inheritance and wealth taxes. Hardly surprising,... Read More

Rail for the future

Vehicle pollution emissions have gone up 80 per cent from 1990 levels. The Port of Tauranga is now the most efficient port in Australasia and annual profit has increased... Read More

Rocking the boat

Jacinda is telling us to rock the boat and vote Labour. Why would we when she and her party refuses to give us the figures for their new water taxes, capital gains... Read More

Constitutional documents not lost

In response to the letter from R Anderson regarding constitutional documents held by Archives New Zealand (www.sunlive.co.nz, September 4): There are many constitutional... Read More

Alternative parking solution

Recently reported by Sunlive (August 21­­, 2017) was the in-house Cr Malloy debacle created over the views if/when the council car park build between Harrington... Read More

Preventing profligacy

What's amiss with our elected representatives? Obsessed with their own hobby-horses, nice-to-haves, satisfying indulgences, and bowing to peer pressure when it suits.... Read More

No advantage in new delivery vehicles

Re ‘New, nimble vehicles delivering mail' (page 29, The Weekend Sun, September 1). These vehicles are not that easy to navigate to some post boxes, meaning... Read More

Children having children

It has been going on for decades and still the taxpayer underwrites their costly activities. Teenagers having babies is not new I know. But's it's children having... Read More

Tragic government

It's almost tragic to watch some political parties trying to hold on to power at any cost. In some parts of the world when you buy a house you live in it - now that... Read More

Opening up a Pandora’s Box

Election after election I have wished I could vote Labour. Yet time and time again they come up with some crazy policy. It may be clever way of getting the city... Read More