Letters to the Editor

A little knowledge is dangerous

Re: ‘Tauranga Museum plan pie in the sky' (The Weekend Sun, June 3). This letter from R Patterson was high on emotion and low on factual accuracy. I respectfully... Read More

An employment experience to forget

I will have to disagree with Andrew von Dadelszen's opinion piece ‘Are our immigration settings right?' (The Weekend Sun, June 10). I suspect a good part of... Read More

Sort out your meat scraps

Trouble with animals getting at your rubbish bag? Put any meat scraps in a plastic bag in your freezer until rubbish day, then put it in your rubbish bag.Animals... Read More

Please leave us in peace

Re: ‘The junk of the housing boom' (The Weekend Sun, June 10). I read R Stewart's letter and totally agree - who gives these real estate agents the right to... Read More

Another way to deal with junk mail

Re: ‘The junk of the housing boom' (The Weekend Sun, June 10). I can sympathise with R Stewart, who is annoyed about real estate salespeople leaving advertising... Read More

Junk of the housing boom

I understand the term ‘junk mail' refers to any printed matter - with the exception of registered newspapers - placed in a letterbox and isn't personally addressed... Read More

Looking good and feeling better

I was a participant at the Look Good Feel Better roadshow held outside Mitre 10 in Tauranga on May 31. It was a great experience, the volunteer makeover demonstrators... Read More

Wake up and smell the fumes

Eleven fatalities on our roads during Queen's Birthday weekend is a tragedy. Whoever is in charge of policing our roads has got to wake up and smell the traffic... Read More

The next best investment

Re: Tauranga museum plan pie in the sky (The Weekend Sun, June 3). This possibility of a museum for the city must become an absolute requirement. So it will cost... Read More

Honest presentation of history

What must be of public concern is the selective and slanted version of our history given by nationally-accepted historians. A recent case was that of Dame Anne Salmond,... Read More

Just keep spending it

My very word! What a lesson we have just had. The news report that 76 per cent of voters think we have a housing crisis and that 62 per cent of National voters think... Read More

NZ needs to stop child poverty

Child poverty is a terrible thing but one has to ask, why is it that people continue to breed when they know they do not have the means to properly look after their... Read More