04:49pm Fri 15 Jul, 2011
Yes Bob Delbridge of Katikati has the same problem as we do. When we go to Baycourt shows, we purchase tickets in the back row and pack earplugs. The young... Read More
08:36am Tue 12 Jul, 2011
Re the article ‘Teachers protest funding cut' (SunLive) Maybe - just maybe effort put into some good old fashioned fund raising would achieve more than yet... Read More
08:35am Tue 12 Jul, 2011
Joy Mark's conclusions on Maori warfare cries out for correction. Unfortunately, despite our intelligence, us humans are scarcely the most peaceful animal on the... Read More
08:35am Tue 12 Jul, 2011
My comments are in support of Mr John Cronin and the 10 delegates that escorted Mr Bayfield, who as stated by Tim Short, Ohauiti - was an outstanding CEO of the... Read More
08:34am Tue 12 Jul, 2011
Advertising, religion and other forms of brainwashing all use the tactic of repeating a lie knowing that if something is repeated often enough it will become accepted... Read More
08:33am Tue 12 Jul, 2011
Picture of our great new playground, Tye Park, Welcome Bay.The slide faces south so it will be wet all winter. The steps will be warm as they face north. Pity our... Read More
08:33am Tue 12 Jul, 2011
Once the Hone honeymoon is over, the hongis are all pressed and the Mana Party hangi stones are all cooled down for five months, what will the political menu here... Read More
08:31am Tue 12 Jul, 2011
Margaret Hills' assertion that Bob Clarkson's defection to Act is a 'slap in the face for National” is so far from the truth that it is almost laughable! ... Read More
08:31am Tue 12 Jul, 2011
I enjoyed your RR Friday 1 July. You may be correct that purchasing a copy of Woman's Weekly is sustaining the 'ditzy” image women are trying to shake off.... Read More
08:30am Tue 12 Jul, 2011
The Council has produced a budget showing a 10.4% increase in rates after deferring $62 million of infrastructure works and delaying $6 million of loan repayments.... Read More
08:25am Tue 12 Jul, 2011
The problem with a capital gains tax on houses is it is the first nail in the coffin. Once we accept that then other avenues for capital gains tax will open up.... Read More
02:14pm Fri 01 Jul, 2011
M.Hawira writes that the pre-European Maori were a peaceful people who lived according to Io. As I understand it, that must have been many centuries ago because... Read More