Letters to the Editor

Pollution of rivers not a quick fix

During the leaders' debate on TV1 both leaders commented re the pollution of NZ rivers. This pollution did not take nine years - the National party's current term.... Read More

Better off staying put

B Johnson from Omokoroa expects to ‘leave NZ perpetually' shortly (The Weekend Sun, September 1). Now if he has been a good boy for the past 87 years he may... Read More

Robbing today’s poor for tomorrow’s rich

Free tertiary education (as promised by Labour) robs today's poor for tomorrow's rich. Kiwi taxpayers already pay for 84 per cent of the cost of tertiary degrees.... Read More

The comedy central circus

A few years ago a drama unfolded with secret meetings, reports and fur flying ... or was it mould? The end result was a TCC admin building with just 20 years to... Read More

TCC annual king hits

Last Tuesday's bombshell was that Baywave will shut down forthwith for urgent seismic remedial/strengthening work - facilities only built in 2004. Well Baywave was... Read More

The disaster of MMP

The Turei affair has shown the worst of our MMP system of government. I have always opposed the system wherein MPs are not accountable to a constituency of the people.... Read More

Show that money and power don’t rule

Does it matter where the decimal point sits in a row of numbers? Should the economy take precedent over all else? How can we have a $3.5 billion surplus while we... Read More

Environmental enigmas

The various policies floated by the four main political parties last week: National has a wishy-washy environmental policy, recently amending the RMA with the aid... Read More

Constitution room dismantled

On April 17, 2017 the National government dismantled the Constitution Room at Archives New Zealand and separated our true constitutional documents from the Declaration... Read More

NZ First policies appeal

I think R Chamberlain of Otumoetai's letter ‘Winston Trump Peters' (Friday, August 25) likening Winston Peters to Donald Trump, unfair. NZ First policies have... Read More

Ambulance underfunding

They say it costs $1 million a year for each and every MP in parliament - no problems there. Now why should volunteers work for nothing to help St John save $30... Read More

Democracy threatened

A quiet, bloodless revolution has been developing in New Zealand and people are too busy getting through the day to be aware of its insidious nature. Radicals now... Read More