Letters to the Editor
11:53am Fri 20 Dec, 2013
Interesting to see a number of your correspondents quoting the totally discredited book ‘The Spirit Level'. This book, which is the darling of the Left, promotes... Read More
11:52am Fri 20 Dec, 2013
Wealth, bogus industry, no global warming. Really Mr von Lande and Mr Mooney, your responses are rather lame. And as for M Holding, well what can I say, the use... Read More
11:51am Fri 20 Dec, 2013
What with all of our communication these days, we are (I believe), becoming so saturated with it that we are losing the actual ability to separate the essential... Read More
11:51am Fri 20 Dec, 2013
Scientists have been warning about climate change for decades - including man's contribution to it.Yet politicians and decision makers, although talking, are doing... Read More
11:50am Fri 20 Dec, 2013
Re: John Mills' latest letter ‘Can You explain?'(The Weekend Sun, December 13, 2013). As far as tropical rainforests being carbon-neutral goes, it's well... Read More
11:49am Fri 20 Dec, 2013
On November 12, 2013, The Australian newspaper reported newly-elected Prime Minister Tony Abbott had vowed to repeal the Australian carbon tax legislation.He'd referred... Read More
11:48am Fri 20 Dec, 2013
My 85-year-old parents visited Farmers and had what my mother calls ‘an adventure' on the escalator. Completing shopping, they took a shortcut to the carpark,... Read More
11:44am Fri 20 Dec, 2013
There's been a lot of talk recently about power companies and Initial Public Offering sharemarket floats and things, so I'd thought I'd add my sixpence worth.The... Read More
12:00pm Fri 13 Dec, 2013
In the wake of Nelson Mandela's death many NZ anti-tour protesters conveniently omit mentioning they practised a form of moral apartheid on their countrymen who... Read More
11:59am Fri 13 Dec, 2013
A November 15 article in The Weekend Sun regarding booster seats showed challenges this presents for us living semi-rurally (‘Brakes put on outings'). We do... Read More
11:58am Fri 13 Dec, 2013
Reporting on Tauranga City Council canning specific open forum presentations and questioning, in fact confirms my fears. This initiative was probably hatched by... Read More
11:56am Fri 13 Dec, 2013
On the midday news on December 9, the opening item started with 'A reports says a high percentage of New Zealand children don't have enough income”.When are... Read More
12-Nov 18:00
New men's fund launched to tackle isolation in BOP
12-Nov 17:00
SH2 roadworks bring overnight lane closures
12-Nov 14:35
Te Puke, Rotorua players score Lotto wins
12-Nov 14:00
Streetscape revamp targets safety and visibility
12-Nov 12:54
Pāpāmoa Hills reopens after slip risk closure
12-Nov 11:45
Waihī mine campsite gets council tick
12-Nov 11:00
Council to keep fire depot, historic cottage
12-Nov 10:00
Tauranga youth secure climate project funding
12-Nov 08:03
Petition backs Bethlehem footpath link
12-Nov 06:00
Run the Runway raises $24k for rescue chopper
11-Nov 17:00
New faces join BOP Garden and Art festival trail
11-Nov 15:28
Person dies at Bay of Plenty sawmill
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