Letters to the Editor

Bin Laden ‘resembles Jesus with AK47’

Justice Done? The Dominion Post headline was right on! One little Maori word, two syllables - 'Utu”. This is what Bush's ‘War on Terror' boils down to.... Read More

Tsunami of council debt

I have read with interest the letters to the editor. Many raising concerns about the Council operations such as Baypark, Mt Pools, Baywave, Mount Greens and Baypark... Read More

A Banana Republic

If you had assembled the Fawlty Towers crowd, Chevy Chase and Daffy Duck in a slanging match over the housekeeping costs, it could not have out-done the recent public,... Read More

No respect for democracy

Tauranga Community tried to have our two single sex colleges returned to co-educational but failed due to the opposition of the then principles and the colleges'... Read More

Seven years later, still no sirens

I cannot believe this protracted debate over Tsunami Warning Systems. Talk about if you want nothing done give it to a committee to decide! Reality Check - in... Read More

Mindless vandalism of memorial tree

I am very angry, annoyed and frustrated. On May 1 my family and I attended a memorial tree planting day organised by Legacy Funeral Services where we planted a tree... Read More

So what has changed?

Do you think that Cr Faulkner can tell us what has changed so much that they have to spend hours reading papers on council business, when only a few years ago before... Read More

Chapel catchpit floweth over

I'm a regular user of the Tauranga Harbour bridge and while driving onto the on-ramp from Chapel Street a heavily laden stream of water cascaded onto my car from... Read More

A land of rednecks?

As a relative newcomer to the Tauranga area, I wonder just where I have arrived.Sentiments expressed in The Weekend Sun are reflected by those in your competitors'... Read More

Developments benefit all

Te Ururoa Flavell's laments about Maori losses from dredging Tauranga Harbour (SunLive 4 May) are at best biased. The harbour is for everyone's benefit and improving... Read More

Trouble with council trees

Council intends to plant more trees at the Mount.I live in Greerton and they intend to plant a tree in front of my place. A few years past I had a big Jacaranda... Read More

Dress to impress

Congratulations Hope McConnell of Tauranga Girls' College.My daughter informed that a girl in her class had won a competition in Girlfriend magazine which got the... Read More