Letters to the Editor

Driving through harbour bridge

A number of letters have recently been printed in The Weekend Sun concerning the Tauranga Harbour Bridge and the removal of past tolls. For the benefit of the growing... Read More

The pensioners aren’t to blame

I'm fed up with society blaming pensioners for this country's financial woes. We've done our bit for God, Queen and country, built this country, paid our taxes,... Read More

Leash the dogs this summer

The time has come for some areas of Papamoa Beach to be designated ‘Dogs to be leashed in this zone' during summer - during December, January and February. Each... Read More

Our arid cultural land

The annual National Poetry Day, 2016, hits New Zealand today, August 26, and the power of poetry will be unleashed nationwide with about 100 events and a wide range... Read More

A sense of inflated entitlement?

The recent Maori Fisheries Trust advert in The New Zealand Herald this month titled ‘When is deal not a deal?' is full of arrant nonsense claims. The Sealord... Read More

Cheerleaders made redundant

'HULLO AUSTRALIA!!!! - anyone home?” Seems not - the world jingoism champions are strangely quiet. Could it have something to do with 'the best cricketers... Read More

Leave big decisions to new council

Re: ‘D-Day approaching for council build decision' (The Weekend Sun, August 19). The impending CBD/ Tauranga Civic Heart project decision, to be made on September... Read More

Negligent waterfront plan

With the success of the children-attracting features, especially the Hairy Mclary statues on Tauranga Waterfront, the decision to give these youngsters - including... Read More

The death of an ecosystem

A few years ago my walking group did a wonderful walk from Aongatete, across the Tauranga Harbour, to Matakana Island. On the Matakana side of the harbour, the sea... Read More

Lighten up and show appreciation

Re: C Mudgeon's letter ‘Examples of needless, idle conversation in our lives' (The Weekend Sun, August 19). This letter relates to the writer's objection to... Read More

Name change no solution

The new Children's Commissioner, Judge Andrew Becroft, has a preference for the newly-announced name for what was Child Youth and Family, to be a Maori name. The... Read More

Naysayers take note

It is a sad day to think Tauranga City Council will only provide the basic services as referred to in P Garner's letter ‘A big put-off to Tauranga CBD shoppers'... Read More