Letters to the Editor

Tax exorbitant profits from real estate

In reply to Graham Clark's letter re: the Capital Gains Tax etc.Graham and I agree on one subject, atheism, yet he and I have opposite views on the subject of Capital... Read More

Surprise in the woods

Do go up to the woods today, you'll be in for a big surprise!Puketoki Reserve, that gem of the Whakamarama district, is in the midst of a makeover! Western Bay Dist... Read More

Captial Gains Tax

If you ever needed a reason to avoid the Labour Party like the bubonic plague, then here it is.Labour's new flagship policy under Phil Goof is the iniquitous Capital... Read More

Thanks for support against NZTA proposal

I would like to thank Cr Bill Grainger for his assistance and full support against the NZTA proposal at the Welcome Bay roundabout.He, like me, is appalled at the... Read More

Hoisting encouragement

With all the pirau korero (poison pen) flying around about the Maorification of our country perhaps we should run a couple of encouragement ensigns up the whanau... Read More

‘Outrageous’ extravagance

Congratulations to your correspondent (8 July 2011) Mary Dykstra, for defending 'Cronin and Delegates”, all eleven, who went to Christchurch for a ceremony... Read More

Feedback for Kauri Pt boat ramp

This week Western Bay District Council faced an issue which concerned me, so I seek public feedback. It concerns a proposal for a boat ramp at Kauri Point which... Read More

Baywave, health club and Route K

Having just read the audit of Bay wave from June 2010 , some thing that every rate payer should read, would show that there is no way that Cr Faulkner could say... Read More

TCC responds on Baycourt volume

When Baycourt is hired to a promoter, the decision making on the artistic aspects of the show generally sits with them. This includes the sound and lighting. Venues... Read More

Ears ringing after events

I fully agree with Bob Delbridge's complaint re the excessive volume at musical performances at Baycourt.I am a keen supporter of Baycourt, and in fact outline Baycourt's... Read More

Nice theatre ‘ruined by deaf idiots’

Mr Bob Delbridge needn't worry about being the only person to find the amplification at Baycourt too loud. All our friends do as well. I myself have complained over... Read More

Baycourt sound levels excessive?

Your writer Bob Delbridge is certainly not alone in his critical comments of Baycourt's over amplification of shows. I too have been forced to walk out of a show,... Read More