Letters to the Editor

Our government: A job not well done

Graeme Martin's letter ‘Ensure welfare doesn't sink us' (The Weekend Sun, March 7) has left out some very important information in his support for the National... Read More

Come on BOP, let’s black-out!

Has anyone else noticed the big black object that often flies over the Mount and lands at the airport? It is the twin-engined blowfly, the latest to join the Air... Read More

Flag change: Act of arrogance

RE: Veterans and the flag. The majority of members within our Royal New Zealand Naval Association are very concerned about a possible change of our national flag.I... Read More

An unhealthy example

Correspondent Ernest Izett (‘People need strong willpower when eating', March 14), has gone too far using the victims of concentration camps as examples of... Read More

Don’t lump all overweight in same basket

I can't believe what I read in The Weekend Sun on March 14 from Ernest Izett ‘People need strong willpower when eating'. What a load of cow pie. Some people... Read More

Oil use is killing our future

Bill Capamagian (‘Forget protests we need oil', The Sun, March 14) finds it ludicrous protestors are hindering NZ's efforts to become self-sufficient in oil.This... Read More

Can we get equipment to make our own oil?

While agreeing with correspondent Bill Capamagian that New Zealand should become self-sufficient in oil production (‘Forget protest we need oil' The Weekend... Read More

NZ oil products won’t benefit us

Bill Capamagian (‘Forget protests we need oil', March 14) rightly observes NZ needs to try to become more self-sufficient in oil. But sadly recent history... Read More

Kerfuffle a godsend

Perhaps the latest kerfuffle over the recent publicity of the need for landowners to gain consent from local iwi to carry out work on their own properties may turn... Read More

Co-governance not guaranteed

Tariana Turia, in commenting on the Auckland Unitary Plan, claimed that for too long the terms of the Treaty have been ignored. I challenge her to show anywhere... Read More

Shining light on corruption

For several weeks, 1Law4All has been communicating the consequences of Auckland Council transferring unfettered power to part-Maori tribal (iwi) authorities in the... Read More

No Mauao change needed

Again Tauranga City Council is determined to give ‘Mauao' (five hectare reserve) back to Maori without a referendum for the local people. This country has... Read More