Letters to the Editor

Corrupt philosophy of welfare state

The very existence of the Welfare Working Group confirms the corrupt philosophy of our welfare state.With 356,000 working age people and 220,000 children existing... Read More

Growing apartheid in NZ

The Marine and Coastal Area bill has the possibility of taking 100,000 square kilometres of foreshore and seabed from Crown (all New Zealanders) ownership/stewardship... Read More

Further racial separation

A large gathering of concerned citizens meeting in Tauranga on 17 February agree that there is widespread disapproval of the National Government progressing the... Read More

Rent-a-fish concerns in Papamoa stream

I am surprised that Tauranga City Council believe that rain killed fish in waterways in Papamoa by de-oxygenating the water ('Rented fish keep city's waterways clear”).... Read More

Becoming dictatorship

I am horrified as I see New Zealand becoming a Dictatorship under this National Government. Firstly Pita Sharples a partner with the Government sneaked off last... Read More

Clear signs needed for dog bans at beach

Why are there not more signs banning dogs from Mount beaches? Recently I spotted two dogs on Pilot Bay, but didn't risk speaking to the owners who may react unpredictably.... Read More

Will Govt take Route K?

Cr Bill Faulkner again tells us that Route K will be taken over by central government, this is what they told us 2006, the truth is the same as it was then, that... Read More

Foreshore and Seabed

With the signing of The Treaty of Waitangi Maori ceded their sovereignty to the crown. In return Maori were accorded the full rights of citizenship. No more and... Read More

Letters hit raw nerve?

The recent series of letters criticising the dubious 'City Partner” program must have hit a raw nerve judging by Mayor Crosby's indignant response last week.... Read More

Leaky home compensation

With regard to the Government's ‘Leaky Home' compensation, I would like to outline a correction to what seems to me to be a widely accepted statement by Government:... Read More

City road maintenance contract

Having read Mayor Crosby's letter in last weeks paper on City Partners and the tendering process I am still left wondering about this City Partner Scheme and the... Read More

Public perception of city partners

City Partners Programme concerns me and the more questions, the more apprehensive I become. It is suspect because it reeks of potential nepotism and the public perception... Read More