Letters to the Editor
08:50am Fri 18 Feb, 2011
Driving on State Highway 1 via Taupo, motorists will have been able to negotiate a new bypass. This would have cost the taxpayer a bob or two, as it includes a beautiful... Read More
08:49am Fri 18 Feb, 2011
About 12-15 months ago Tauranga City Council advised the moving of the croquet area at the May Street Reserve to the new Greens complex at Totara Street. At the... Read More
08:49am Fri 18 Feb, 2011
In several of his Faulkner Corner columns, Councillor Bill Faulkner has mentioned how the City Council's financial juggling act will be helped by getting Route K... Read More
08:49am Fri 18 Feb, 2011
This letter is in the view of the majority of the people I have spoken to over the last few months about the state of the Tauranga harbour, estuaries and waterways... Read More
08:48am Fri 18 Feb, 2011
I would like to concur with every word of Bruce Beckett's letter of Feb 4. entitled 'Voter empowerment, city partners' The current situation is a disgrace, and... Read More
08:48am Fri 18 Feb, 2011
Q: What do you do when you have a whole lot of stuff on your shelf that you can't sell?A: You raise the price.If that sounds stupid, that's because it is. Yet... Read More
08:48am Fri 18 Feb, 2011
Prime Minister Key has set the election date, signaled the sale of 49% of State Owned Enterprises, raised GST, given tax cuts to the wealthy, will borrow approximately... Read More
08:48am Fri 18 Feb, 2011
Are the Mount Greens a fugly rort?Last Saturday's official opening of the Mount Greens is a stark reminder about this rip-off with TCC ratepayers throwing at least... Read More
08:47am Fri 18 Feb, 2011
Currently the cost for the Mount Hot Pools upgrade is around $7.5 million, and like any other TCC project, it will have to be funded by the way of debt. A mortgage... Read More
08:47am Fri 18 Feb, 2011
Waitangi Day came and went again with even less recognition than usual considering it did not generate a public holiday.While the location does provide a forum for... Read More
08:47am Fri 18 Feb, 2011
It is time we changed the name of our national day. We need to return to New Zealand National Day and make a celebration of all the races and cultures that make... Read More
08:47am Fri 18 Feb, 2011
I see we have lost one of our regular paper letter writers. I did not know Ralph Jordan but I admired his well thought out and no nonsense communications. I'm sure... 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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