Letters to the Editor
09:23am Fri 08 Apr, 2011
The above does not have a basic warning system to alert 40,000 residents of a tsunami, which does not give a time of arrival. ZB Radio, Civil Defence advises, if... Read More
09:23am Fri 08 Apr, 2011
John Key publicly announced that if he is not elected at the next poll, he will quit politics and, we assume, return to his day job at the Money-go-round.Given the... Read More
09:22am Fri 08 Apr, 2011
I can assure your readers that the Tauranga Eastern Link is not at risk of being ‘canned', as claimed in a recent letter. In fact construction is now well... Read More
09:22am Fri 08 Apr, 2011
The letter of B Beckett 1/4/2011 attracted the attention of Bill Faulkner.Bill postulates that 'my column is open and honest…” yet few of us 'turkey”... Read More
09:22am Fri 08 Apr, 2011
Smartgrowth was brought in by our three local Councils about a decade ago. It strongly discourages new housing being built on green field sites. It prefers to see... Read More
09:22am Fri 08 Apr, 2011
Dick Vermeulen thinks that our Mayor should spend his Sundays worshipping God, instead of enjoying (and supporting) our community. Why Dick? Our Mayor is a city... Read More
09:21am Fri 08 Apr, 2011
Would Jan Hill believe me if I said that the main reason for water metering was to restrict the amount of water everyone used and therefore delay building a new... Read More
01:34pm Fri 01 Apr, 2011
Where the hell is this Country heading? On TV1 News 21 March I witnessed New Zealand police wrestling to the ground in Christchurch, not looters, but business owners... Read More
01:34pm Fri 01 Apr, 2011
Spokespersons from Tauranga City Council and Tourism Bay of Plenty should not criticise cruise ship operators regarding out-of-date inaccurate information. Both... Read More
01:33pm Fri 01 Apr, 2011
Only a couple of consents stand in the way of Western Bay District Council's privatisation of a chunk of Te Puke's central Jubilee Park.The process by which we've... Read More
01:33pm Fri 01 Apr, 2011
In reply to Cherie Luxton's letter about the CBD parking I think that the argument about who pays is a fair comment and this is where I as a retailer think the problem... Read More
01:33pm Fri 01 Apr, 2011
Claire Luxton, Papamoa, completely misses the point relating to parking meters.Mount Maunganui had water meters so the Mayor and Councillors decided in 'fairness... Read More
13-Nov 18:00
Weekend could see temperatures hit 30C
13-Nov 17:00
Te Puke man turns 60km goal into 600km
13-Nov 15:41
Microsoft outage affect users worldwide
13-Nov 14:00
Pōwhiri to bring cultures together in Tauranga
13-Nov 13:20
‘Kiwi hot’ at Bay Oval
13-Nov 11:45
Don't wash raw chicken, food safety officials warn
13-Nov 11:07
Cast your line for Coastguard
13-Nov 10:02
Delivery truck stolen from BOP dairy, man charged
13-Nov 08:30
Sunny weekend as high pressure settles in
13-Nov 06:00
Police issue 29 tickets in mobile phone crackdown
12-Nov 21:16
One dead after vehicle crashes down bank
12-Nov 18:00
New men's fund launched to tackle isolation in BOP
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