The recent accident on State Highway 29A near Maungatapu highlights the lack of space to stop on a motorway. My concern is the wire ropes that keep motorists hemmed... Read More

The fine of $80 for use of a cellphone in a moving car is a no-brainer and leaves the rest of us at risk, especially little children. One Thursday lunchtime recently... Read More

All of the criticism about a new rugby stadium is spot on while the big-spenders' brigade diatribe is simply bleating without merit with someone using the muppets... Read More

New Zealand is ruled by too many minority groups. First we have the fools on the hill, a minority group that rule us. Then we had something like one person start... Read More

Correspondent to the NZ Herald, Alex Cook of Albany, clearly shows an anti-Christian bias and a profound ignorance of anthropology and language. Opposing same sex... Read More

Re: Tidal stairs. It is beyond belief that Tauranga City Council, which has the compliance and regulatory role of ensuring that private swimming pools are fenced... Read More

Re: ‘Who set the traffic woes we have today' (The Weekend Sun, July 29). Bill Faulkner's letter on the loss of bridge tolls - I was a member of the Tolls Action... Read More

While the final Auckland Unitary Plan although in some respects is a lot better than the previous efforts, it fails to address the main issues of too many people... Read More

I write this as a local resident and ratepayer, who objects to Tauranga City Council's proposal to build a replacement administration building. My reason is the... Read More

Through the columns of your newspaper I would like to thank Wayne Crawford, who works at Harvey Norman's branch at Mount Maunganui, for helping Kath Dutchman. She... Read More

There has been much recent discussion of the Battle of Te Ranga. I'd like to provide a tad more to the issue concerning the consequent confiscation of land. For... Read More

With the Reserve Bank announcement on Loan-To-Value Ratio restrictions this month it proposed LVR for investors be increased to require a 40 per cent deposit. This... Read More