At eighty-seven years of age I expect to shortly leave New Zealand perpetually. A country that, in my lifetime, has become controlled politically, judicially, culturally,... Read More

Affordable housing for low-income families need to be quality builds that won't become slums in years to come. It seems that this is a hot topic in the coming election.... Read More

I for one am sick of Labour saying they will talk about charging for water after the elections. How gullible do they think we are? Local government is responsible... Read More

I find it absolutely astounding that people who supported the proposal to tax bottled water exports have not thought through the horrendous consequences that such... Read More

I am concerned that the railways in New Zealand are not kept up to a good standard. They say rail doesn't make any money but roads don't make any money either. Roads... Read More

Recently I viewed at the Toll Mt Maunganui depot some 30 brand new flat deck railway wagons, complete. Maybe made from substandard Chinese steel? On the other hand,... Read More

Good to be back home in the Bay after five weeks away. However, I chose to check out the SH2/Te Puna roundabout this week and was disappointed to see that although... Read More

Let's see what the fuss is about: GST has gone up, fuel has gone up, food has gone up, power has gone up, rates have gone up, housing has gone up, whiteware has... Read More

Early June 2017 elected members approved $2.5 million for the Mount i-Site. Tourism BOP, whingeing it wasn't happy, sought a review, getting Cr Baldock to do its... Read More

On Wednesday, August 16, the ‘Friends of Baycourt' did it again! For the sixth time they have organised ‘The Night is Young' - a performance of two hours... Read More

It is high time MPs and prospective MPs came to the realisation that we, the electorate, are not as backward as we were 1000 years ago. MPs need to stop answering... Read More

How can it be as women 124 years ago we got the vote, but to this day we are still underpaid and undervalued in mainly women-only employment, even when performing... Read More