It is strange that a doctor can advocate fluoridation when it requires a group of lay councillors to medicate all the people in an entire town or city without regard... Read More

To those who may have been in some doubt about the wisdom and fairness of John Key and his cohorts devolving ownership of ‘The Foreshore and Seabed' to Maori,... Read More

In my letter of July 5, which points up the nonsense of Maori having two places they like to think of as home, I ended with the situation being similar to the Bain... Read More

The idea expressed by R. McGuinness (TheWeekendSun Friday 5July 2013 pg 33 'Spirits away to real Maori homeland”) that having stories of a previous homeland... Read More

Hey Tommy Kapai - you are fighting a once sided battle here. Just like Tainui facing 4000 British and pakeha soldiers with their muskets, cannons and gunboats on... Read More

Dr Graham Cliff criticises Tommy Kapai for using wrong figures for the $800 million final cost of the South Canterbury Finance bailout. However he makes a mistake... Read More

Tommy Kapai: C'mon Bro, not too good at the sums? '$1.7 billion more than all of the Treaty settlements”. Do you really think that that is all that 42% of... Read More

Contrary to Tommy Kapai's claim, the government bailout of South Canterbury Finance (SCF), under the Crown retail deposit guarantee scheme, did not cost us taxpayers... Read More

Tommy Kapai is looking into a very muddy crystal ball by claiming that by 2020 one in four New Zealanders will have a trace of Maori blood in them. A clear crystal... Read More

The $1.8m cornerstone Grant from T.E.C.T. to help the Waipuna Hospice with new extensions must be applauded.This community trust does not always receive the recognition... Read More

Last week I held the view that unfed, unloved and abused children are the consequence of bad parenting. Today, I give a bouquet and medals to principal Susan Dunlop... Read More

Jadelle contraceptive implant: A recent news item stated 141 of these implants were put into women at the Tauranga Family Planning clinic in year-ending July 2013.... Read More