Letters to the Editor

Employment arrangements

Faulkner's Corner, in the Sun of last week, advised that the new Tauranga City Council CEO was going to, this week, hold meetings with individual elected representatives... Read More

Enigma on the Western front

As a keen follower of your political page in The Sun I generally enjoy most of the weekly articles but I am getting more confused by your correspondent from The... Read More

Todd due a knighthood

So Mark Todd earns another medal after 28 years service. It is a puzzle that this man has not received a knighthood. What other sportsman has served us so well? That... Read More

A capacity to learn

'Kids, en masse, don't enjoy studying harder subjects” (The Weekend Sun, 27 July). Why? Don't kids find learning satisfying any more?In blaming ‘'the... Read More

A wonderful little country falls into hands of brigands

Viewing these Olympic Games on television I have come to realise the number of countries which are islands about the same size as our own. They are in the Caribbean,... Read More

Folic acid

Were it the case that the proposed mandatory addition of folic acid to bread was intended solely to benefit the health of the person eating it, then I might have... Read More

Scittish Taine story fictional informati

Mary Brooks (August 3) says that Maori have used false claims to acquire $37 billion in land, forestry, fishing rights, buildings and cash. Mary should provide the... Read More

Born-again Maori and greed

Life has changed in New Zealand with the born-again Maori and the multiple treaty claims and the apparent greed that comes with it. I am Ngati Pakeha and from my... Read More

Genie out of bottle

PM John Key let the genie out of the bottle when he agreed to make self-serving political deals with the Maori Party, and authorised the preparation of a written... Read More

True facts of history

It is high time Peter Dey removed his rose-tinted glasses and faced up to the true facts about the history of the Treaty of Waitangi and the circumstances which... Read More

No group is special

'Water, water everywhere but not a drop (for non- Maori) to drink”. Article IV of the Treaty is born. Ill-conceived but coming soon to a kitchen tap or offi... Read More

Racist activities force gap wider

Peter Dey, Weekend Sun 3 August, states that 'Thedescendants of those original Maori landowners are with us now. They deserve compensation for the inheritance they... Read More