Letters to the Editor
04:53pm Fri 21 Oct, 2011
Bowel cancer is New Zealand's second biggest cancer killer. An Auckland DHB is commencing a screening programme as it can be treated successfully if detected early.... Read More
04:52pm Fri 21 Oct, 2011
Like thousands of other people I have been giving a lot of thought to the wrecking of the 'Rena” and all the filthy oil that has been drifting ashore. I wonder... Read More
04:51pm Fri 21 Oct, 2011
What a disaster, what a tragedy, it's sad, it's horrible and it appears that everyone that is asked or has a microphone shoved in their face is an expert or is intent... Read More
04:28pm Fri 21 Oct, 2011
Why did it take approximately 20 hours for the Government to hear of the Rena disaster? Then another four days to react? Who waits to see fire before investigating... Read More
04:28pm Fri 21 Oct, 2011
A major gain from the issue of mangrove spread has been recognition and acknowledgement that the causative factors, siltation and enrichment, are making due to... Read More
04:27pm Fri 21 Oct, 2011
Well, once again we are getting another kick in the guts, from this National Government.This time hitting us with a huge increase in our EQ insurance, like our local... Read More
04:26pm Fri 21 Oct, 2011
Last Friday morning at 8.30am I noticed two traffic police officers outside the main entry to Mount College. Remember this is the school holidays and Maunganui Road... Read More
04:25pm Fri 21 Oct, 2011
What can one say about the Rena tragedy? What contingency plans were in place for such an event, if any? It seems that, a helicopter taken from its agricultural... Read More
02:49pm Sat 15 Oct, 2011
I work in the oil and gas industry on a supply boat out in Western Australia and by coincidence was flying back into Tauranga for my month's leave the morning the... Read More
03:48pm Fri 14 Oct, 2011
The whole sorry saga of the Rena on the Reef can be summed up as Unusual.I went out last Friday to have a look close up and it was spookily surreal as if someone... Read More
03:48pm Fri 14 Oct, 2011
Included inside my local weekly newspaper last week was Issue 32, October 2011, 'backyard”, a 12 page, full colour publication, with photos and articles, ostensibly... Read More
03:47pm Fri 14 Oct, 2011
History has repeated itself. In the 1950s the Golden Master, a large cargo ship struck the Astroblabe Reef and was subsequently moved to, and beached at, Matakana... Read More
13-Nov 15:41
Microsoft outage affect users worldwide
13-Nov 14:00
Pōwhiri to bring cultures together in Tauranga
13-Nov 13:20
‘Kiwi hot’ at Bay Oval
13-Nov 11:45
Don't wash raw chicken, food safety officials warn
13-Nov 11:07
Cast your line for Coastguard
13-Nov 10:02
Delivery truck stolen from BOP dairy, man charged
13-Nov 08:30
Sunny weekend as high pressure settles in
13-Nov 06:00
Police issue 29 tickets in mobile phone crackdown
12-Nov 21:16
One dead after vehicle crashes down bank
12-Nov 18:00
New men's fund launched to tackle isolation in BOP
12-Nov 17:00
SH2 roadworks bring overnight lane closures
12-Nov 14:35
Te Puke, Rotorua players score Lotto wins
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