Letters to the Editor

Humanitarian consideration needed

Having been a victim of Paula Bennett's Social Security Act and her comments about all available assistance to the man in Ashburton on television, I convey my condolences... Read More

Post-election policies

Perhaps our Prime Minister, having enjoyed such a comprehensive victory, may now find it politically unnecessary to placate the Maori section of the population in... Read More

Harawira: Some decency deep down

Just mention of the name Harawira and you get a pungent whiff of radicalism, activism and verbal and physical aggression.It never goes away.I mean the matriarch... Read More

The Rabbit is a coprophagic bigot

Have you ever noticed columnists and speakers when they cannot present a cogent argument resort to ridicule and derogatory name calling?I read Roger Rabbits column... Read More

Treaty truth ‘hidden away and discredited

The other day I went to a gathering which should have been three times as big.At one stage I commented that since the incorrect Treaty of Waitangi was put into law... Read More

Unwanted plastic

Our mayor appears to approve of the plan of the Waka Project Team to place a massive plastic item on The Strand waterfront.Some things are made to go together -... Read More

Scotland the brave

The big day, a political observation is Scotland may have lost the yes vote, however Westminster will fall over themselves to deliver the cause of the problems,... Read More

Ugly edifice waiting to happen

At last we have details of the misguided souls said to be actually driving the Wakamania - namely Tuskany Mainstreet management, council-controlled organisation... Read More

Katikati is being left behind

Did you know that approximately one-third of people and rates collected in the Western Bay of Plenty District Council lay north of the Omokoroa turn off? The rates... Read More

Daffodil Day thank you

On behalf of the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Division of the Cancer Society New Zealand, I would like to extend a huge thank you to the people of this region who supported... Read More

Coffee plan grinds

The article ‘Gold in coffee grounds' in The Weekend Sun (September 12) just beggars belief. Is the Bay of Plenty Regional Council serious about providing funding... Read More

Questioning wisdom

Regarding G Oakbrook's letter ‘Greens will sort 1080' (The Sun, Sept 12), I never blamed the Greens for the present use of 1080. Some others own that blame.... Read More