Letters to the Editor

Double standards on rebellion

Interesting the American resolution re Libya.Have they forgotten how they repressed a rebellion in their own country so violently and killed and maimed so many.... Read More

Free access to beach and foreshore

Your correspondent Maureen Anderson is beginning to sound like a broken down record! I hate to think how many letters she has written trying to instil fear into... Read More

Buoyancy and surf

Why stop at life jackets? That's like saying 'as long as you wear a seat belt you can drive” (ie. no lessons, no wof etc). When entering the surf, you have... Read More

Rogers going PC on us?

I cannot believe it, Rogers is going PC on us!Yes, it is ridiculous to insist on wearing lifejackets in boats and not on wearing them in the surf, but for goodness... Read More

Speedway should be packed off to TECT

The so-called freak accident that took 4 days to get a media report on is unacceptable and to say Speedway didn't know about it till Sunday defies belief, particularly... Read More

Parking meter policy

Parking Meter Policy - the other side Shopping centres provide free parking for customers. This does not mean that the cost of the parking is free (someone has... Read More

Maori never gave up ownership

When ownership of Mauao (Mount Maunganui) was returned to local Maori it was because local Maori never willingly gave ownership up. However Maureen Anderson and... Read More

Don’t make laws that can’t be enforced

I was always under the impression that a law that either could not or was not properly enforced was a bad law. Is this fact or fiction? We have laws that say we... Read More

‘Streets polluted by big empty lemons’

Our streets are polluted with big empty lemons costing us millions. I raise the issue of the buses in Tauranga because, I believe, they are a perfect example of... Read More

Failed predictions

I hold no brief for 'Moon Man”, Ken Ring,whose prediction of another whopper failed (apparently) to materialise. So prediction made, time arrives, nothing... Read More

Another broken promise?

Simon Bridges invites people to have their say about a proposed review of parts of the bail system. He says the government wants public help which will be used to... Read More

Canning Eastern Arterial?

The Eastern Arterial Motorway v Route K Toll Road?With PM Key dropping large hints that only education will get anything extra in the next budget, there is every... Read More