Letters to the Editor

Katikati bypass now?

It's lovely that the New Zealand Transport Agency has finally taken the kinks out of the Arden Cottage Curves at Athenree at a cost of $5m. But the NZTA is still... Read More

Drive home penalty

The Police may be alarmed at the high number of recidivist drink drivers but I'm not. If I walked down Devonport Rd with a loaded rifle I'd be surrounded, putting... Read More

Are we just sheep to be fleeced?

Amalgamation, developers with agendas, stormwater, wastewater, roading, a regional councillor calling for more staff for Smartgrowth, untenable rate rises, the Tauranga... Read More

Greed for greens disappoints

I read with great disappointment of another Maori ‘claim' for land; land that is now a bowling green in the city.Are Maori not allowed to join a bowling club?... Read More

The cruel truth

The cruel truth: Would I Ashmore (‘Archaic cruelty' (The Weekend Sun, May 30) please explain how it is ‘cruel' or why it is ‘unnecessary' to utilise... Read More

An 18-month decision took locals 18 seconds

A one-page flyer has appeared in my mailbox from the New Zealand Transport Agency with the stunning news that the need to 'address” traffic congestion at the... Read More

Report blue butterflies

Greetings to our friends in the Bay of Plenty.I was privileged to read the letter ‘More than a blue moon' (The Weekend Sun, May 30) of one of your readers... Read More

A drop in the ocean of iwi funds

If V. Richardson ‘Do you homework' (The Sun, May 30) had taken the trouble to carefully read my letter, they'd be aware it wasn't Tauranga City Council I was... Read More

Waka shelter too expensive

Re: 'Waka shelter woe easily solved' (The Weekend Sun, May 23) $350,000 would build a rather large family home today, so forgive me if I'm in a bit of a quandary... Read More

Mission Cemetery never confiscated

A predictable self-serving tirade by Maori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell on the passing of New Zealand Mission Trust Board Empowering Bill 2014, a private members... Read More

No budget for the poor or inequality

The Government's 2014 budget is touted as family-friendly. However, it did little to help the poor or address growing inequality in this country.I attended university... Read More

More than a blue moon

A belated response to Zoe Hunter's article ‘All in a flutter over rare sighting' in The Weekend Sun May 2 edition about the blue moon butterfly.I, too, was... Read More