Letters to the Editor

Freedom campers: Rules must work

At last week's Tauranga City Council Strategy Policy Committee meeting, this piece of nonsense raised its head with about 240 submissions against and only 70 for... Read More

Camping grounds: Is it 'fair go' for all?

Recently, it was again brought to my attention the low Land Valuation (LV) of a beachfront lease. Calculations I have taken from Tauranga City Council's rates website... Read More

Please reconsider closing walkway

Re: Ngatai Rd to Seaway Terrace Rd. It has come to our attention that Tauranga City Council is considering permanently closing the above accessway. We wish to object... Read More

We want assurance

Thank you Mike Chapman, Chief Executive of NZ Kiwifruit Growers Inc for assuring our community that spraying is safe. However, at an age where politicians assurances... Read More

Kiwifruit industry: we don't approve the use of chemical

The kiwifruit industry does not approve the use of chemicals. Government has set up a two-stage regulatory approval process with the Environmental Protection Authority... Read More

Scientific testing needed

Fifty short years ago, doctors were fronting promotions of cigarette smoking, saying it was a great way to relax and there was no proof that it was a health risk... Read More

Economics overshadow risk

Momentarily, I was heartened by the headline ‘Recognising responsibility to community' (Weekend Sun, August 16). But as I read on I realised what I was reading... Read More

Thank you kind stranger

Thank you kind stranger: I would like to thank the gentleman who assisted my mum and aunty at Chinatown restaurant in Fraser Cove by assisting and administering... Read More

Teach NZ's awful drivers some lessons in humility

Re: Sleeping driver's night ride to Mount (Sunlive, August 14).Congratulations to the young lady who managed to drive more than 300km to visit us in Tauranga while... Read More

How long will farce continue?

At an August 9, 2013, Medical Women's International Association conference in Seoul, South Korea, an unsaid officer shutdown a workshop on ‘abortion complications'... Read More

Attitudes more powerful than safety legislation

National's Minister of Labour Tauranga MP Simon Bridges has acted on recommendations on Health and Safety reforms welcomed by business and unions. As New Zealand... Read More

Two Tauranga estuaries not 100% pure

The Sun's August 16 editorial raises the issue of New Zealand's ‘100% pure' brand. If you live beside a Tauranga estuary, you will have difficulty accepting... Read More