Letters to the Editor

Chemicals bring health concern

What a load of hooey from John Morris, as Tommy Kapai said in his letter ‘Are we the Spray of Plenty?' (The Weekend Sun, March 7), ‘less hui more dooey'... Read More

Comic relief from serious issues

Whenever living within a dormant local job market gets me a bit down, I'm glad I can always rely on the letters section of The Weekend Sun to provide some laughs.After... Read More

Sprays are a big threat to us

We are living in the ‘Spray Of Plenty', as Tommy Kapai suggested in his recent letter,‘Are we the Spray of Plenty?'. And those of us who are against... Read More

Let’s soften the smacking law

Smacking a child is an ineffective form of discipline for children, as it only has short term effects.It teaches that it is normal to hit someone when you are angry.... Read More

Ban the big jackpots

Just another huge prize of $25 million. Immoral some would say.The majority of my friends and acquaintances when asked: ‘what would you do if you won $1m?'... Read More

Ensure welfare doesn’t sink us

Well, what do you know. It's election year. Six years down the track, what score shall we give the current government, vying for a third term in power? Well, to... Read More

Are we the Spray of Plenty?

It is no surprise the Toxic Agrichemical Advisory Forum has been sidelined by Tauranga City Council. The same scenario exists with the Advisory Spray Group I've... Read More

Give us a city museum: a gondola won't work

It would appear there are those who did not read a letter in last week's The Weekend Sun, pointing out the dangers of building a gondola on Mauao.As it is only a... Read More

Levy or just rate rise?

I believe the councillors and council are being unfair to the ratepayers of Tauranga by calling the proposed stormwater charge, of 4.70 per cent, a levy - when in... Read More

Too many dogs in NZ

I fully agree with TV One's news item on gassing of surplus impounded dogs. There are far too many cats and dogs in NZ.Some have caused horrendous injuries and deaths... Read More

Solar power: The facts

Max Lewis (‘Shedding more light on the Greens' solar deal' The Weekend Sun, February 28) is sadly misinformed about solar feed-in tariffs and the Green Party's... Read More

Underpass is over

Seven years ago, when we first moved to Welcome Bay, the underpass was muted. We thought what a great idea, as we travelled through a traffic backlog to work daily,... Read More