Letters to the Editor

More than just Links Ave

The Council is conducting a trial closure of Links Ave as it perceives there is a safety risk arising from through traffic. There are other streets in the city... Read More

Another statutory holiday…

A good measure of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's view of New Zealand's economic decline is the point that she awarded New Zealanders another statutory holiday -... Read More

Do we need compulsory voting in NZ?

Looking at the turnout for the Tauranga By-election makes me pretty despondent. Only 40.6 per cent of the 51,510 people enrolled prior to Election Day turned out... Read More

Three Waters – the real arguments!

Re: ‘Ratepayers' pockets are not bottomless' (The Weekend Sun, June 10). I've noted Labour list MP Angie Warren Clark's reply to my letter in The Sun on... Read More

Confused about separatism?

Re: ‘What more evidence do you need?', by Helen Weston of Katikati, published June 10 under the ‘Letters tab' on Sunlive.co.nz Helen claims that co-governance... Read More

Councillors must reflect public opinion

Thank you The Weekend Sun for publishing letters to the editor. A free press is so important in these volatile times. I've never known a time when local and central... Read More

Full of Joy and caring

The team at Tauranga Hospital have been looking after my wife for five weeks with great care and attention. When the discharge team provided support to Marion it... Read More

Don’t yell – email your MP!

I am appalled to hear from our hospital administrative staff about the daily verbal abuse they suffer at the hands (and mouths) of the disgruntled public. The healthcare... Read More

Links Ave fiasco solution

Re: ‘The Great Race, The Weekend Sun, June 17). With this fiasco of Links Ave being closed off - this problem is easily solved by two flashing signs on each... Read More

Judging people’s beliefs should be avoided

In New Zealand, we need to get along with other people. In the past homosexuals were imprisoned. In 1986 a law change opposed by a petition with signatures of more... Read More

No need to slow down these days…

I am now retired but still driving regularly. I relate back to when I had a bad run in the 1990s, when I was out and about on various council projects. Driving on... Read More

Disappointed in three Waters view

Re: ‘Fresh blood joins the Mayoralty race', page 4, The Weekend Sun, May 27. We are disappointed that Western BOP district councillor James Denyer has told... Read More