Letters to the Editor

New stadium: Another white elephant?

Unbelievably, Tauranga City Mayor Stuart Crosby, sporting the thick end of three-decade council track record, is suddenly having this brain explosion about a new... Read More

Let’s talk about our region’s golden strengths

Here's some suggestions for the Weekend Sun letter pages' new topic for 2014: Tauranga's place in the ‘Golden Triangle'.History: Tauranga is part of the Bay... Read More

No-helmet cyclists riding into danger

Following on from cycle helmet stories this week on SunLive, I have to agree with the police stance to fine those not wearing the life-saving device while peddling... Read More

Half Ironman congests busy spot

I note that on Saturday, January 4, the Port of Tauranga Half Ironman has once again taken place and totally filled up a space that would be full up anyway, even... Read More

Come on Brown: Please stand down

Len Brown should stand down from the Auckland Mayoralty - if for no other reason than permitting the presence on his council of un-elected members of a 14 per cent... Read More

Finance is behind fluoride push

M Donovan's letter ‘Fluoride debate: Make mass medication illegal'(The Sun, December 6), makes some very strong points regarding the fluoride debate. One being... Read More

Phoenix plan doomed

Proposed commercial redevelopment of Mount's Phoenix Carpark has always been doomed because the Tauranga City Council never delivers on private and public initiatives.Even... Read More

Cherry picking data for argument

Mike Kuipers Von Lande has continued his denialist misinformation campaign against the Greens in this debate happening in the The Weekend Sun letters pages by stating... Read More

The truth about methane...

I'd like to comment on the contention (Weekend Sun, December 18) that increased emanations of methane from melting tundra would increase global warming.Methane,... Read More

City afternoon coffee shortage?

I frequently hear the proposition that in recent times the City of Tauranga has become more sophisticated and bears comparison with Queensland's Gold Coast in Australia,... Read More

Admiration of work

Classic Flyers management team wishes to applaud work of a fellow charitable trust. The Hospice team put on a magnificent series of two concerts at the Holy Trinity... Read More

Greens’ information science-based

I would like to encourage M Houlding to volunteer in the sub-arctic Hudson Bay, with Earthwatch, a science-based not-for-profit group that has been researching climate... Read More