Letters to the Editor

The history of NZ – or not?

We've been living a lie for the last few hundred years. There was never a great fleet of canoes that sailed together down from the Pacific Islands bringing hundreds... Read More

Next Steps for Freshwater

Re?: Government document on ‘Next Steps for Freshwater'. How cleverly MP Nick Smith's weasel words bamboozle the public. Question 1.1 on page 40 says: ‘Amend... Read More

Insisting on ‘one law for all’

Thanks to The Weekend Sun for highlighting on page 3 of last week's newspaper - with Andrew von Dadelszen's column on April 15 the intolerable pandering to political... Read More

City ferry service to bypass SH2

I agree the traffic from Station Rd is causing a back log on SH2 to Whakamarama during rush-hour. What use to be a 20-minute trip from Omokoroa a month ago has now... Read More

Time for a toll booth

The very ones complaining about traffic being 'let in” on State Highway 2 at Station Rd, are the people causing the congestion!These belligerent drivers from... Read More

Missing mail

Re: ‘The day the mail didn't get through' (The Weekend Sun, April 8) regarding lost mail.My sympathies go out to Patti Homan of Brookfield. I also live in... Read More

We’re desperate for a new road

Re: Traffic woes at Omokoroa and State Highway 2 and Te Puna's new roundabout.This one isn't going away. I don't believe roundabouts will alleviate the growing traffic... Read More

Traffic woes

I attended the meeting held at the Omokoroa Settler's Hall along with 280 other concerned residents to catch up with what NZ Roads are doing about the traffic problems... Read More

High time attention given to CYF

Now most of the fuss over the flag debacle has died down, it is high time attention was given to the appalling number of Maori children and young people who are... Read More

Why not try merging after eight

Re: ‘Letting every car in grinds my gears' (The Weekend Sun, April 8).As I'm also a user of State Highway 2 heading into town each morning I get to watch how... Read More

Over the top food prices

It's interesting to speak to people from overseas, who love the country, but say our food prices are over the top.Just as a matter of interest staff who work in... Read More

Closing road will stop ‘Rat Run'

Re: ‘On road to another Auckland' (The Weekend Sun, April 8).The State Highway 2 roundabout at Te Puna and Minden roads will be a welcome improvement to the... Read More