Letters to the Editor
01:51pm Fri 08 Jan, 2016
With all the emotive hype around a new flag, as if that is a magic wand which will miraculously give us a new identity, surely a new constitution would be more appropriate,... Read More
10:08am Thu 31 Dec, 2015
There seems to be a bit of hoo haa over Miss New Zealand doing the haka. Lets look at where the so-called haka came from.It doesn't belong to the people called Maori,... Read More
10:07am Thu 31 Dec, 2015
R Prince's letter (The Weekend Sun, November 27) asks many valid questions which the Tauranga City Council CEO Garry Poole should, in my view, answer without hesitation.I... Read More
10:06am Thu 31 Dec, 2015
According to the recent report by Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright ‘Preparing New Zealand for rising seas: Certainty and Uncertainty' it is not... Read More
09:49am Thu 24 Dec, 2015
Interesting that Pharmac won't fund the new drug Pembrolizumab to treat Melanoma because: 'We don't know about its efficacy”. What a joke.They already fund... Read More
09:48am Thu 24 Dec, 2015
One has to wonder why the Otorohanga student is so keen for a special holiday to be put in place to ‘commemorate' the Land Wars to the extent that he not only... Read More
09:41am Thu 24 Dec, 2015
The proposed review of bus timetables and the takeover of routes by individual district councils in the Bay will warrant consideration by the Bay of Plenty Regional... Read More
10:14am Fri 18 Dec, 2015
Black Friday? Black Friday! Have I grown so senile I've missed a month or two somewhere along the way? Check calendar … check diary … check Google!... Read More
10:13am Fri 18 Dec, 2015
The Prime Ministers dictatorial comment on TV 1 encapsulates how the National Party operates under his leadership. Speaking on the cabinet reshuffle he says: 'most... Read More
10:11am Fri 18 Dec, 2015
Re: Accident at Bayfair carpark To the kind gentleman and four caring ladies who went to the aid of my wife when she fell and sustained head injuries at mid-day... Read More
10:09am Fri 18 Dec, 2015
Our Flag bears the stars that blaze at night in our southern skies of blue and that little old Flag in the corner that's part of our heritage too. It's for... Read More
10:08am Fri 18 Dec, 2015
Well, that was the first round of the Flag Referendum and there has been lots of comment, off to the sides, about why we should or shouldn't change our flag. It's... Read More
12-Nov 08:03
Petition backs Bethlehem footpath link
12-Nov 06:00
Run the Runway raises $24k for rescue chopper
11-Nov 17:00
New faces join BOP Garden and Art festival trail
11-Nov 15:28
Person dies at Bay of Plenty sawmill
11-Nov 15:00
'Remarkable' Tauranga yachting coach wins award
11-Nov 12:23
Council staff back five-year licence for mine camp
11-Nov 09:41
Walk-in urgent healthcare clinic extends hours
11-Nov 06:00
Tauranga mum recounts 'terrifying' encounter
10-Nov 18:06
‘Athlete side’ of OnlyFans helps fund career
10-Nov 17:39
Pāpāmoa Hills park closed after heavy rain
10-Nov 17:00
Tribunal rules against landlord in family feud
10-Nov 14:30
Two people found dead at Tauranga address
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