We were told per news items that last year was the hottest on record - since records began in 1974. What happened to the records prior to 1974 that were news when... Read More

Re: Compulsory Te Reo. As the call goes out, in some quarters, for the compulsory teaching of Maori Te Reo, it was interesting to read Education Minister Hekia Parata's... Read More

Re: ‘Inappropriate hakas on show', (The Weekend Sun, January 13). I really appreciated P Heslop's letter.I've been fortunate to have travelled extensively... Read More

Re: US President Donald Trump's travel ban. One wonders what document our Prime Minster is reading, or who he is listening to, when he has to ask the United States... Read More

Re: ‘Global warming results overstated' (The Weekend Sun, January 27).With respect to B Johnson, I seriously doubt there are ‘thousands' of dissenting... Read More

Re: ‘Global warming results overstated' (The Weekend Sun, January 27).In reply to B Johnson's letter: Rest assured that, for every scientist he can find who... Read More

Firstly, I must thank everybody involved in saving can tabs and wine tops for the Kidney Kids cause. Each month a car-ful gets taken to Mount Metals, to be weighed... Read More

Beach fires leaving a mess are not a new event. It's been that way for years. In my patch at Omanu, cans, smashed or molten bottles, wire, charred wood, are normal... Read More

Re: Traffic shambles and wrong infrastructure priorities. While it is fair to say local authorities couldn't foresee the huge upsurge in people migrating to Tauranga,... Read More

I visited Omokoroa recently and was very surprised and concerned at the amount of large subdivisions going forward. All will go well and truly towards the 12,000... Read More

Re: ‘Sort out infrastructure first' (The Weekend Sun, January 27).R Paterson has received some flak from other letter writers regards the mushrooming population... Read More

Re: ‘Simon's menacing cheesecutter', (The Weekend Sun, January 13). Simon should remove his hat as a courtesy, when indoors or addressing a lady.It is a tradition... Read More