Letters to the Editor

Doing the maths on the old tree

Re: Weekend Sun ‘Lawyer recalls fight to save historic aspen tree'Firstly, in respect to all other lawyers I will refer to the gentleman as Michael Batchelor.... Read More

Strategic SOE sale ‘makes economic sense

A strategic sale (49%) of these four SOEs to NZ investors makes sound economic sense; 1. The sale releases capital to fund other necessary infrastructure such as... Read More

Course in arm flapping

Dear Roger, Your recent discourse on television reporting struck the right note with me. Some time ago I wrote to TVNZ regarding the mannerisms of the majority of... Read More

Rates grates: Get it down!

Howdy Bill. Are you genuinely interested in getting the rate increase down? If so are you interested in hearing and acting on genuine ideas of how that can be done?... Read More

Mosquito threats with climate

Jane Nees provided a useful summary of the anticipated effects of global warming (28 Jan). It is an unfortunate reality that we could see the arrival of mosquito-born... Read More

More catty action

I give my full support for the actions of 'Patty” and her other neighbours attempting to alleviate the gross nuisance caused by the straying tom cat in their... Read More

Faulkner’s Corner and that road

Faulkner's Corner is Bill telling us that he knows that the government will be taking route K over, I understand they are looking at it, but if he heard John Key's... Read More

Breakfast show devoid of personality

I agree with Roger when he describes the presenters of the TV One Breakfast Show as the ‘inept Petra and the befuddled Corin'. I can't say ‘these two... Read More

More like Robyn to fight bully boys

I hear that Sir Peter Jackson has a new private jet aircraft, can one join his union? Maybe its The Federated Farmers or The Law Society. Much wants more, not that... Read More

Anthropogenic

Peter Otway, Pahoia (Friday 14th), assumes I don't believe in global warming. It is incorrect assumptions that create the biggest misunderstandings that lead to... Read More

More borrowing ‘risk’

I'm delighted that the National government is focussing on tackling one of the greatest threats to our country in a generation: the unsustainable cycle of debt fueled... Read More

Hospital violence issue

A report stated there were 205 incidents of violence or aggressive assaults in Tauranga Hospital. The poor police are called 100 times. They are wasting their time... Read More