Letters to the Editor

Spending on children's TV

Australia spends more than $40 million a year on children's programs while NZ only spends $1 million and most of our children's programs are produced in the USA.What's... Read More

Those sudden catastrophes

The letter 'Climate Change” by Ian Maclean [The Sun 28 March] typifies the broad, unsubstantiated statements so often used by the climate change doomsday ... Read More

Distortions and the Waitangi Treaty

Mary Brooks of Tauranga says Bruce Moon of Nelson has set forth the 'true wording” of the 'real” Treaty of Waitangi which is being continually distorted... Read More

Pohutukawa 'cause erosion'

While pohutukawas can lessen erosion when growing at water level, they can enhance erosion when they are on cliffs. You do not need a degree to see wherever pohutukawas... Read More

TCC, Western Bay land banking

Everyone knows the two local Councils stumped up with $15 million to purchase Te Tumu land from developers to stop any subdivision. Agreement was completed in 2006... Read More

Fallen natives could fund DOC

I think Al Morrison, Head of Department of Conservation, is better at spin than the Prime Minister when he recently said that the axing of 140 jobs will mean more... Read More

Wake up, New Zealand!

New Zealanders need to sit up and be warned about the upcoming constitutional review which is being quietly put together by the Maori Party and is being funded by... Read More

PM’s travel questioned

I am in total agreement with Winston Peters when he wants full disclosure of John Key's holidays. Key has been out of the country more times than any Prime Minister... Read More

Heeding voter opinion

Some far-reaching political proposals are currently under review which could impact the shape & form of New Zealand in the future. I would be far more sanguine... Read More

The harbour and rural runoff

The biggest asset this region has is Tauranga Harbour - what we do on the land impacts on us all with 19 per cent of our waterways being polluted and 50 per cent... Read More

Napier cleans up!

I have just returned from a short visit to Napier; it was a pleasant and surprising experience and so different to Tauranga in two major respects: There was absolutely... Read More

Cutting the cost of lowlifes

Ernest Izett (Weekend Sun 8 March Lowlifers perfect cases for capital punishment) has a point. Whether you agree with climate change or not, world over population... Read More