Letters to the Editor

Wake up NZ

Wake up NZ: When are NZers going to wake up to the gravy-train, driven by Fairy Godfather Chris Finlayson, still chugging along stealing millions of hardworking... Read More

Same-sex marriages: a private matter

A factitious change of the definition of a thing does not change the nature of a thing, even if it is done by Parliament.Personal relationships, heterosexual or... Read More

Christchurch needs a venue for all

Of all the monstrosities, that A-frame, ambiguous building in Christchurch heads the list. It keeps certain folk to go back for more than 2000 years in their minds.... Read More

Unenviable finances

Aware of Tauranga city's unenviable finances, I was aghast to read of a local political reporter's favourable ratings of our present Tauranga City councillors. It... Read More

Big step up to councillor?

So Mike Baker is a candidate for Tauranga Mayor and Tauranga City Council - again.For the past two years he has continually criticised, via letters to the papers,... Read More

Regular reports to voters needed

I have been following, with interest, the re-emergence of the councillors and Mayor of Tauranga, and hearing about what they have planned for the next term of office.... Read More

Perfect time for announcement

What perfect timing, just before an election the Tauranga council announces what they overcharged us rates last year but also generously announced that they will... Read More

Quiet shopping tops

When visiting the United States I noticed that in the shopping malls, the only sounds were the sound of walking and talking. It was conducive to careful shopping.The... Read More

Don't sharpen knives to cut snapper size, quota

Who's actually behind this nonsense about reducing the recreational snapper quota. Is it the 'Gummint” or the big commercial rape and pillage corporates? If... Read More

Recognising responsibility to community

In response to the concerns raised in last week's The Weekend Sun about the use of the agrichemical hydrogen cyanamide or Hi-Cane - the kiwifruit industry fully... Read More

Two standards of fisher

The Government must have rocks in its head if it thinks it can cut recreational snapper quota and not correspondingly reduce the commercial and customary take. For... Read More

Visions or delusions?

Mayor Crosby is having another vision - should he be re-elected as Mayor (Sunlive, August 10). 'In my first 100 days a new clear vision and plan for the city will... Read More