Letters to the Editor

What will make you vote?

With the general election looming, and campaign trails heating up, The Weekend Sun and SunLive want to know what issues get you going.With voter turnouts dwindling... Read More

Greed is taking our precious green area

I was appalled to learn the major part of the beautiful green tree-filled space between Vale St and Ngatai Rd at Bureta is to be sold for housing development.I was... Read More

Do your homework

Do your homework: Re: Mary Brooks' letter ‘Waka shelter woe easily solved', (The Weekend Sun, May 23). Have you ever bothered to look into why Tauranga City... Read More

A super-council guarantees nothing

Re: ‘Council with one vision and plan' (The Weekend Sun, May 23). To say the reasons Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty councils should amalgamate are overwhelming... Read More

Dog doo warrants beach ban

Sunday was a great day to be at the Mount. The sun was shining, the sea was calm, there were lots of parents with their young children playing on the beach - and... Read More

Multiculturalism is really just social disintegration

When I was a young Kiwi, I lived in a Christian country. Churches were full on Sundays although many New Zealanders were only 'passive” Christians, who attended... Read More

Thanks for making our show feel at home

A big thanks to everyone who visited the Tauranga Home Show earlier this month.You were part of a record Home Show attendance and we really appreciate your support.A... Read More

Archaic cruelty

Re: ‘Goats aren't meant to be makeshift lawnmowers' (The Weekend Sun, May 23). I'm so pleased this situation bothers others.Leaving a goat tied up on the roadside,... Read More

Was colonisation so bad?

I recently watched a television screening about the Battle of Gate Pa. The presenter began by saying 'Before the battle this was a peaceful land”. Pre-colonisation,... Read More

One-day battle shouldn’t get bowls club

I've been accused of being against all things Maori. Nothing could be further from the truth. What I'm against is activist Maori greed.Last week I wrote about the... Read More

Learn from other’s faults first

After observing those with views one way or another for last five years with the sceptics, I believe full amalgamation should have been implemented in 1990, when... Read More

Help our children

I was impressed with Clare Wilson's column ‘The city's backbone'. How can the Government replace the NZ Teacher's Council with their plan for ECUCANZ where... Read More