Letters to the Editor

Why be a toy poodle NZ?

Our Prime Minister said this week that we would sent military staff to Syria and/or Iraq because this is the cost of being in the club.The club being ‘Five... Read More

Amalgamation should be win-win

It does disappoint me that there are actually some people out there who seem to believe former elected members of council should basically lose the right to be able... Read More

Doing the right research

Mike Baker's letter‘Be Very Afraid' (The Weekend Sun, December 12) castigates the Tauranga City Council for spending, I prefer the word investing, ratepayers... Read More

Hey...there’s corporate terrorism too

I refer to P Dolden's letter to the editor ‘The real definition of a terrorist' (The Weekend Sun, January 9). And I can't help mention another entity being... Read More

A bizarre approach to democracy

In his recent articles in the New Zealand Herald, Gareth Morgan constantly resorts to the ‘Royal Prerogative'.We, as though all readers, were in agreement... Read More

Stop picking on tourist drivers

Re: ‘Tourist madness on highways just keeps rolling on and on', 'The Weekend Sun, January 9). Any chance you can point out to K Morland of Katikati that they... Read More

West’s big baby woe

Mr and Mrs West are in trouble. It's a big issue and not many people want to talk about it.The problem: We are not replacing ourselves. Or, if you like, our birth... Read More

Food for China’s thought?

It has been widely reported 20 per cent of China's arable land has been polluted, mainly by water sources made toxic by waste dumped from industrial locations.The... Read More

The real definition of a terrorist?

One of the most commonly used words in news items today is the word ‘terrorist'.Presumably one who practises ‘terrorism' and this has no legally binding,... Read More

Tourist madness on highways just keeps rolling on and on

On State Highway 2, nearly home to Katikati, on January 3 I witnessed the most cheeky, foolish act of highway antics I've ever seen in New Zealand.Coming round a... Read More

Flagging a raw nerve

I wonder if Prime Minster John Key will have the nerve to represent us in Australia at the 100-year Anniversary of the First World War this year, then return to... Read More

Don’t merge city and rural folk

Re: The amalgamation debate. In my past letters to The Weekend Sun I don't think I have got it any more wrong than everyone I know in Auckland that is moaning their... Read More