Letters to the Editor

The other side of the story

To date, apart from some letters to the editor, there has been almost no balancing media coverage of the topical Battle of Gate Pa story.So far, local government... Read More

Overkill on Gate Pa’s battle?

We've recently been subjected to ad nauseum to Gate Pa battle bumff via messrs Mikaere, Wilson etc.The short Tauranga military campaign can be summarised succinctly... Read More

Fast lane to losing leadership

The career of David Cunliffe as leader of the Labour Party looks more evanescent every time he appears on television, with his insouciance way of informing us that... Read More

The Kohanga Reo trust is choose their 'freedoms'

In making their claim to the Waitangi Tribunal for added funds, the Kohanga Reo National Trust is giving a ‘koha' of $50,000 for someone to write up their... Read More

Court ruling no surprise

I read in The Weekend Sun (April 11), that the man whose vehicle caused the death of one innocent person and injured a second innocent person on the Maungatapu Bridge... Read More

Auckland Airport shares: It’s forceful ‘sharing’

I feel most aggrieved that having purchased Auckland Airport Shares during Helen Clarke's prime minister-ship, us shareholders have now been forced to sell back... Read More

Return homeschool name

The CEO of the Correspondence School, now called Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu tried to give justification for the name change.Mr Mike Hollings in stating that the school... Read More

Revenue raising or safety policing?

When I returned from my holiday up to Auckland and saw the Police's top cop on the telly news seriously warning motorists to behave during the extended Easter-to-Anzac... Read More

Don’t pay for the Royals

What a disgrace that the Royal couple, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their son George will cost the country $1 million for their 10 days touring New Zealand.They... Read More

Reinstate Mount’s i-Site

I totally agree with Margaret Hills (‘Silly choice for old i-Site, The Weekend Sun, April 11), and P Morris (‘Ditch the cakes: Return the i-Site', The... Read More

Singlets stop chills

So housing is to blame for chest infections and winter ills? I was brought up in a house that when the wind blew, scrim and wallpaper moved on the walls. My only... Read More

Don’t swallow fluoride guff

It is amazing to see how our Western Bay of Plenty District Council is ill-informed about fluoride in drinking water.Apart from a few brave cities in New Zealand,... Read More