Letters to the Editor

City partner benefits

On October 15 and 22 letters were printed about the City Partners scheme as setup by TCC, the former had a commentary from Frank Begley, TCC City Partners Manager.The... Read More

Bring back dedicated traffic officers

It would appear that the decision by the Government of the day to amalgamate the Transport Department and the Police into one ruling body was detrimental to the... Read More

Crazy thinking of nation

What an enlightening example of the crazy thinking of the nation, when Lotto jackpots forever, then delivers $28 million to one person, and $54,000 odd to the second... Read More

No consultation for most New Zealanders

Treaty Minister Chris Finlayson has spent the last 12/18 months cruising New Zealand talking selectively and secretly to Iwi about the National Party's proposal... Read More

One-sided research

One sided research has always intrigued me. Global warming hysteria was the first severe case of this, which has subsequently found some balance from other researchers.... Read More

Rights, responsibilities

I was always taught that if you have rights you also have responsibilities.It seems that ever day we are told of a new Maori right under tha Treaty of Waitangi (or... Read More

Flawed science and flawed arguments on h

Once again we have seen an argument from Sainsbury and Holt along with med safe entirely based on flawed science and flawed arguments against a natural health practice... Read More

Sea lettuce invasion a concern

I would like to know what Environment Bay of Plenty is doing about the sea lettuce problem at Waihi Beach. It is affecting the ecosystem and it is a safety concern... Read More

We, the meek, are shafted again

We meekly allowed our masters to shaft us with the imposition of the ETS tax, imposed to grovel in submission to prospective foreign customers, whilst at the same... Read More

Beating up on Israel: Hamas plays victim

It's hard to improve on the Wall Street Journal's above title when it comes to accurately depicting the global siege directed against Israel for its enforcing of... Read More

Foreshore sellout

The National Party did pretty well out of BOP voters at the last election, but do all the true-blue voters out there really know just what the hell is going on at... Read More

Regrets coming back from Australia

Four years ago I returned back to New Zealand from Australia and I've come to realise what a fool I was returning to New Zealand.I'm 80 years old and in Australia... Read More