In his letter of 23 September, the supercilious Dr Keith Corbett, MBE, tried to characterise opponents of the mangrove invasion of Tauranga's estuaries as 'the richer... Read More

The unthinkable has become a reality with the desecration of paradise.No capricious quirk of nature, this.No unstoppable hurricane, earthquake or cyclone, over which,... Read More

I don't know where Ron Chamberlain (letter 7/10/11) gets his information from, including his so-called 'sad fact”. There is most definitely a thriving New... Read More

Further to the arrest of the Rena's captain this morning, has there been any announcements from the company operating the ship?Surely some of the liability of gross... Read More

The Enigma that is Winston Peters, for over a 20 year period the man who would be king, and nearly was, is a fascinating individual, the man who has that wonderful... Read More

From media reports, it seems that the excellent 48 Choir(s) of about 30 members each that perform the 20 National Anthems at many of the Rugby World Cup match venues... Read More

While man continues to go on measuring agrichemical sprays according to their chemical properties we will continue to turn a blind eye to the damage that they do... Read More

What a pathetic society we have become. Not a day goes by without some handwringing group, individual or bureaucrat pleading and begging to council/government to... Read More

As I drive down my local road past all the shelter belts hiding kiwifruit orchards on my way to have my latest round of chemotherapy I also ponder, like T Kapai,... Read More

The overseas debt of the Key government has now gone from $18 billion in December 2008 to $40 billion in June 2011 (Statistics NZ). This means they have borrowed... Read More

Again some of the top earners in our country have been given another massive handout. The head of the Waitemata District Health Board, Mr Davies, as given an increase... Read More

Once upon a time there was a nice road at Te Maunga and after a lot of money was spent by ratepayers and taxpayers at great cost to both, we now have a roundabout.So... Read More