Letters to the Editor

Police traumatised me, I need compensation

Today I was twice stopped by Rotorua Police, once in Pukuatua Street and again in Old Quarry Road where they instructed me to count one to five in front of some... Read More

Ways to save power

Further to my letter of two weeks ago, re power prices; Trustpower have put out a pamphlet showing how to save power 33 ways.They do not mention three of the most... Read More

Smelly yellow lemons a waste

How dumb can the Regional Councillors continue to be? Having wasted about $40 Million on subsidising empty buses in Tauranga so far!I raise this issue again because... Read More

Time to flex numbers muscle

Winston Peters addressed our ‘Grey Power AGM on 31 May. He noted that we didn't have our usual good sized crowd which was disappointing to say the least. In... Read More

Countering the propaganda

Last week I attended the Constitutional Advisory Panel (CAP) meeting fronted only by Sir Michael Cullen. The main stated aim of CAP appears to be to entrench the... Read More

New party to fight back

What a couple of fantastic advertisements on the letters pages of The Weekend Sun last week.One for 'Twisting the Treaty”, really telling you how it is with... Read More

David Round to talk treaty and constitution

I was delighted to hear that David Round has agreed to come to Tauranga, in light of the interest being shown here. He will explain constitutional matters and the... Read More

Cruelty on the harbour has parallels with dolphin slaughter

Annual animal cruelty on our harbour - just because it is efficient?The annual black swan cull that took place this weekend at Blue Gum Bay has some parallels to... Read More

Te Puke commuter driven mad with slow motorists

I live in Te Puke, but commute to Mt Maunganui for work Monday to Friday and I am noticing the traffic getting worse every week as more people refuse to do 100k/h... Read More

TrustPower vers. Solar Panels

‘To be seen' as being socially responsible, TrustPower advise on how to save electricity to reduce power bills, yet they actively discourage the more socially... Read More

Graeme Purches responds on these issues:

Not for the first time Mr Prince has written to media on this topic using his own interpretation of data intended to generalise consumption data and pricing statistics... Read More

Re TrustPower and TECT cheque

Duncan Evans is quite right when he states that TrustPower overcharge. The TrustPower community relations manager G Purches is mischievous when stating that Duncan's... Read More