Letters to the Editor

Appalled over disallowed goal

I watched the Wales-South Africa match and was appalled by the goal kick that was disallowed. After the sterling effort by Wales in the second half they truly deserved... Read More

Thanks for Daffodil donations

On behalf of the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Cancer Society Tauranga Branch we wish to publicly acknowledge and thank all Bay of Plenty people for the continued dedication... Read More

Robbing the poor to feed the rich

John certainly does not seem to have the Key, we have Robin Hood in reverse, in that we rob the poor to feed the rich, in that we have all the tax fiddles under... Read More

Orchards ‘time bombs’

I agree with T Kapai when he talks about the use of agri-chemical sprays on kiwifruit orchards. It has been a time-bomb waiting to explode.Nature in all her wisdom... Read More

Democracy blues

What is happening to democracy in this country? We have a Prime Minister stating he won't debate with minor parties in the run-up to the election; we have deals... Read More

Upsetting power plan

In the last week or three, Winston Peters has been key note speaker at two overseas conferences.The first was in Hobart, Tasmania, with Julia Gillard, the Australian... Read More

World economics

Last night I was listening to a bunch of economists on national radio, who were on an island in the south of Germany. They all had a talk about their theories on... Read More

Stroking their ego

I felt strongly that the 'celebration” of the past Springbok Tour protest, John Minto's dream, as seen on TV last night ( Sunday) served little purpose but... Read More

The Anthem

Roger - in this age of political correctness it seems a shame that with over 70 countries in this fair land only two languages are used in our national anthem. Do... Read More

Referenda wasteful, they take no notice

So Cr Baldock could not get support to put money aside for running a referendum, in conjunction with the 2013 local elections. He should know that if our council... Read More

Old age shrinkage?

Roger, Your Rogers Rabbits column always makes me laugh and your tattooed tape measure is a very worthy idea.You could become as famous as the 12th century King... Read More

A much better paper

Congratulations to the Sun on the results of the readership ratings.This household for one is not surprised that The Sun is pulling even further ahead in readership... Read More