Letters to the Editor

Traffic plans causes chaos

Re: Public concerns about the Bethlehem mall traffic flow planning. There are five entrances and only two exits which created mayhem on the weekend of the opening... Read More

Ignoring the old style?

As a result of my observations over the last year or so, it now appears to me, that if one writes a letter in the old style, it just gets ignored. It isn't just... Read More

Lighting up a white elephant

RE: ‘Let there be lights Tauranga' (The Weekend Sun, March 18). This story about Blake Park/Bay Oval's lighting proposal via Kelvin Jones is absurd. The cost... Read More

More should pay tax

We have the some of the wealthiest businesses in the country, multi-national corporations, who have legally stashed all their money into charitable trusts, and thus... Read More

Who are these hui for?

We attended a meeting on March 15 at Trinity hotel, which the majority thought was to be on the reform of the fresh water issue.Many had placed submissions on the... Read More

Misreading and manipulating

Prime Minister John Key has misread the nation on his flag proposal, just as he is misreading the majority of the population on proposals to give more value and... Read More

A change for the better

The flag referendum is behind us, and ‘fiasco' is perhaps the most accurate word to describe it. The saddest thing is the majority of New Zealanders probably... Read More

CBD emptiness and city carpark

I usually avoid downtown but twice recently needed to go to the CBD. I was stunned by the emptiness, both times at 10am, Red Square was almost deserted. The All... Read More

New flag costs

In response to PJ Donnell's comments a few weeks ago - that we may as well just change the flag now, its cost us this much to date. No thought of the ‘further'... Read More

Why? Because we can

'Because we can” has become the reason why so many things are happening - bad things. There is no accountability for actions taken. The rule of law has is... Read More

Killing the CBD

Re: ‘Parking: Crisis or no crisis' on page 3 The Weekend Sun, March 11.Café Alfresco operator Malcolm George is upset about the effect of parking shortages... Read More

We just have to suck it up

In 1988, things changed forever. For those of you who can remember back that far, you may recall the 1987 sharemarket crash.I remember seeing empty house in Auckland... Read More