Letters to the Editor

Pick your pearly gates wisely

A chap died, but before he entered the pearly gates the gate attendant told him he could check out all the amenities available in Heaven and Hell before he made... Read More

One bite of the cherry

I watched Nigel Latta on TV and read comments on Facebook following the screening. Most were positive. But one very angry, unhappy lady is blaming the 'white man”... Read More

Greens not all hemp pant wearers

I'm among the 12-14 per cent of voters in New Zealand who applaud what the Green Party stand for and I will vote for their strong presence in the next parliament.Contrary... Read More

Same old, same old

So here we are again; all the wannabes who are going to be our leaders and saviours for the next three years promising the world.What we really need are people who've... Read More

We’re all called names

Dame Susan Devoy doesn't seem to have a great sense of humour in wot's white and wot's wong; and when is a joke not a joke.Maori are sometimes called hauhau or ‘you's'... Read More

Voting for policy based on reality

Re: ‘Stifling business not way forward' (The Sun, August 15). What G Clark fails to understand is that the environment is not an expendable nice-to-have. The... Read More

Devoy’d of humour?

Sadly, Susan seems to be completely ‘Devoy'd' of a sense of humour, apparently snatching with glee any word or phrase which can be categorize as 'racist”... Read More

Biased record in an unbiased job

Susan Devoy should resign from her job in Race Relations given her biased record to date. She favours Maori extensively and along with her socialist taint, she does... Read More

Houdini act for debt

Tauranga City Council has pulled off the Houdini deal of the century with the New Zealand Transport Agency getting rid of most of $63 million Route K debt created... Read More

Election ‘ball’ in the hands of public

We're in election mode and have people vying for our vote, including Winston First.The big question is are some, or none, interested in coming to the party with... Read More

Downsides to Capital Gains Tax

Labour's proposed Capital Gains Tax is not just for the rich, who may well deserve such a tax, its net will encompass every NZ worker.I refer to Kiwisaver and other... Read More

Strap on your thinking caps

One has to wonder what the Tauranga electorate thinks about when they vote. We have a council that seems to only have three skills: how to waste money, how to spend... Read More