I got derailed by an unstated assumption in B Moon's letter (The Weekend Sun, May 19, 2017)) ‘Value of land owed to hard work'. To wit: ‘Once tribes... Read More

The sad story about property investors is upsetting i.e. Mum and Dad investors. Most people today will have great difficulty affording one house, let alone have... Read More

In response to B Johnson's letter in last week's edition (The Weekend Sun, May 19, 2017). Maori exceeding the fishing quotas while using customary fishing licenses... Read More

What a bonanza the American media would have if it could be proved that Donald Trump was unaware of the Declaration of Independence. That is a fiction, but in New... Read More

I read the article on American songwriter Shel Silverstein and the songs he had written over the years, including ‘Sylvia's Mother', with much interest. (The... Read More

It's not Trump or English or Collins. It is Mr Trump or President Trump, Mr English or Prime Minister English, Mrs Collins or Cabinet Minister Collins. I have never... Read More

I was delighted to learn that Tauranga City Council is to hold a referenda on three issues for which they would appreciate ratepayers input.The subjects are Easter... Read More

Here we go again - a 12-level, multi-storey, 400-bed student hostel is to be erected near the projected Waikato University cum-iwi-controlled Tauranga campus for... Read More

B. Moon (The Weekend Sun, May 19) questions that the value of land wrongfully taken from Maori by past governments is more than $30 billion. Fair compensation is... Read More

The Mayor wonders what the ratepayers will say about the living wage. It's amazing that the question is asked - somehow the lower wage worker can achieve what the... Read More

We are facing the second largest single event in the creation of a racially divided country. The first was 1975, when a bogus English version of Te Tiriti o Waitangi... Read More

I just want to sincerely thank all those kind-hearted blood donors who regularly donate their blood to save the lives of other people. If it weren't for you folk,... Read More