Letters to the Editor

No to bilingual city

I read Pat Spellman from Tauranga wants Tauranga City to be the first to have signs in public places both in English and Te Reo Maori. Before he does that, why don't... Read More

Governance by stealth

There is widespread and justified outrage at the Auckland Unitary Plan ‘dangerous' heritage rules. There can be absolutely no justification for any special... Read More

Carparks - not parks - at Phoenix

The Tauranga City Council recently delivered a circular to me, inviting me to express my view on their latest brainwave and email this to them. So for the first... Read More

Forget protests we need oil

To me it is ludicrous that we have these small groups of protesters in various parts of our country hindering our efforts to become self-sufficient in oil.On one... Read More

Thanks for telling it like it is

Congratulations to Rogers Rabbits on his March 7 column about the Rena.It's good to see someone with the balls to stand up and say what he thinks about an idiot... Read More

People need strong willpower when eating

What a disgrace to see obese folk, as there is no excuse today for folk to become overweight, with all the television adverts promoting how to reduce weight etc.One... Read More

Tauranga museum not unique

C Thomson ‘Give us a city museum' (March 7). I am not in favour of a museum. The belief that establishing one will attract many additional visitors to Tauranga... Read More

You can be on dole for valid reason

Interrupting Graeme Martin's National Party political broadcast (‘Ensure welfare doesn't sink us', The Weekend Sun, March 7), might I tell a story?A travelling... Read More

Make biggest prize smaller

I agree with G Cathcart ‘Ban the big jackpots' (The Weekend Sun, March 7). Lotto should make the biggest Powerball prize $10million and anything over that... Read More

A digitised museum for city?

C Thompson's letter ‘Give us a museum: a gondola won't work' (The Weekend Sun, March 7), once again raises the question of a museum for Tauranga.I am not against... Read More

Balancing a biased budget argument

Like most biased arguments, Graeme Martin's letter ‘Ensure welfare doesn't sink us' (The Sun, March 7), in praise of the government leaves out important facts.The... Read More

Gender roles need earning

TV One's March 8 news had an item on the lack of women on boards and in senior positions in NZ businesses and there may be need for a quota system. So is this little... Read More