Letters to the Editor

Katikati library: leave it alone!

'Counter Action on the Western Front”: In a 2008 'consultation”, the community was asked what should happen to the Library. My answer, in February 2008... Read More

Bad examples in Tauranga retail

Recently a press report stated a number of Tauranga retailers advised their takings over the Christmas period were down on last year and they did not expect them... Read More

High salaries at TCC

I wrote three years ago commenting on the number of TCC employees - all on salaries higher than the average - in spite of the fact that the majority of ratepayer... Read More

Coastal area bill

Attention New Zealanders. The current National lead government is creating a huge problem for us all in the future. In exchange for Maori party support they are... Read More

Staff time a ‘small price for democracy’

Further to my letter of last week and the TCC response.Perhaps Ms Hughes should consider her response a little more closely.It is a statutory requirement that TCC... Read More

‘Mis-interpreted almost everything I wro

Mr Kuipers von Lande, You might want to re-read my letter it's written in clear English too, where's that (English) dictionary you were talking about. I say this... Read More

Secret meetings:

My letter of 14 January 2011 commented about Council meetings occurring where the ratepayer/public are excluded for some reason especially when this relates to City... Read More

Stop the Hate Mail:

In response to the letter from Mike Kuipers von Lande 14 January. It is all very well that people express their political views, but when it is stated in a way,... Read More

Are we being taken for a ride?

A lot of 'my people” don't like to eat veal because of the way they are farmed. What they fail to understand is that Veals in their own environment are dangerous... Read More

Pumps cold air in, hot air out

Whether one believes in climate change or not, it is a simple fact that for the last 200 years odd, since the industrial revolution, we have been making machines... Read More

Admission on fluoride

It has only taken fifty years but we have to understand why.I raise this issue because the American Promoters of Fluoride have finally admitted that Fluoride has... Read More

The transparency gap

I see that the editor placed a note at the bottom of my letter on 24/12/2010 from Council. The content of the note makes it clear that there is a huge gap between... Read More