Letters to the Editor

Ditch Maori seats - Give to independents

Parliament now has more Maori MPs than ever before at 26, and 19 of those Maori MPs have been elected through the general electorates and on party lists, plus the... Read More

Damned with faint praise

‘Damned with faint praise' is one of those sayings I recall. It could apply particularly to a couple of letters, which have appeared in The Weekend Sun's October... Read More

Rockstar economy is rock bottom

The results of six years of John Key-led Governments is a so called ‘Rock star' economy and we're on the right track and will continue along these lines. But... Read More

Ignorance in spray use?

Recently, Tauranga City Council staff made statements regarding herbicide spraying, the first regarding the deterioration of Norfolk Pines due to collateral damage... Read More

Let’s inject some effort into stopping Ebola

It is high time Ebola is taken as seriously as it should be. There is almost a cavalier attitude toward it - especially by the USA.There should be a quarantine station... Read More

Come on Tauranga - Grow up already!

Come on Tauranga - you're a city - now it's time for you to grow up!Think about building some impressive public buildings. Think about a museum, even a cathedral,... Read More

Flag the referendum

With reference to John Key wanting NZ flag vote by 2015.He's suggesting a two-stage referendum. Why put the country to such a large expense and waste of money when... Read More

Are our opinions engineered?

Are there differing degrees of ‘deadness'? Is a Palestinian child with half their skull blown off by an Israeli shell, while going about daily tasks in their... Read More

Don’t feed our youngsters alcohol

The programme on TV recently about teenagers sipping poisonous alcohol is a no-no! Give them an inch and they will take a mile! That should be stopped, as they will... Read More

Where’s the promised resignation?

After much justifiable pressure put on to, and subsequent dodging and darting by TCC councillor and NZ First list MP, Clayton Mitchell finally stated categorically... Read More

Highlighting shade issue

I sussed out the new cricket oval last year. It's a nice ground but with no shade I left after one innings as I was burning up. The previous ground had good shady... Read More

Plumb job keepers

Clayton Mitchell has proved one thing, he has neither common sense, or any other good feature to do either job.His leader is in the same boat, as he's proved during... Read More