Peter Dey is taking Maori history from a few books written by persons who are just as in the dark as he is about who the first inhabitants of New Zealand were. ... Read More

Reports on Sunlive about Kaipara Council recently highlight the huge financial consequences are at an advanced stages of coming home to roost! The project in Kaipara... Read More

Crusher Collins is, I hope, is an inspiration to Parliament. Her car crushing law has had a dramatic effect and stopped the boy/girl racers. They and their noise... Read More

I fully support TECT as a concept and agree that we consumers should receive all the benefit both directly by way of the dividend payments and indirectly through... Read More

Transparency need not mean stupidity?I noticed in a couple of recent issues of The Weekend Sun, letters written by TECT hopeful Mark Groos and his team. If I remember... Read More

As a good friend of mine, John, remarked recently, elections bring out the very best and the very worst in people.We both agreed that we are seeing that locally... Read More

Mr Key seems to be misinterpreting reality as so many highly placed New Zealanders do at times. The rebarabative comment he keeps making that 'We have a mandate... Read More

Whenever the topic of voluntary euthanasia arises, the opposition reaches for the figures on abortion. Seems likely that most of us would like to see that total... Read More

I find all this discussion about euthanasia, somewhat puzzling. In discussing it with a doctor acquaintance once, I asked him why they did not subscribe to it. He... Read More

A few weeks ago we were on our way back from our bach at Tairua and towing a trailer when we got ominous car problems. We had taken a short cut to Katikati bypassing... Read More

While the present location of Mount Information Centre may not be perfect from a visual aspect, from a practical aspect it is about as good as it gets. At the entry... Read More

A brief insight on the Queen's Birthday Awards and Gongs! The Knighthoods are usually reserved for rich business people, those that push their own barrows, Judges,... Read More