Letters to the Editor

Built in six months back in the day!

Going through some very old family correspondence, I found the following information from the CV of my wife's father, John Forrest Brodie, in relation to road building... Read More

Parking problems known for ages!

Re: Proposed parking charges at The Mount. Tauranga City Council's Reece Wilkinson has known for many years that there were parking problems at the Mount. A three-storey... Read More

Hats off to you sir...

Re: ‘No Care or Consideration?' letter by Noel Hewitt on page 22, The Weekend Sun, September 29, 2023, with reply from Tauranga City Council's acting Transport... Read More

Mount needs a carparking building

Re: Proposed parking charges at The Mount. Tauranga City Councillor Reece Wilkinson has known for many years that there were parking problems at the Mount. A three-storey... Read More

Mini buses would be more appropriate

I have just received my invoice for Regional Rates and find that $250.83 of the full amount of $631.57 is for the Tauranga City public transport system. I wonder... Read More

Cellphone tower woe

Re: ‘Concerns over cell phone tower', Page 3, The Weekend Sun, September 29. Several years ago when these things started sprouting up like mushrooms we were... Read More

Graffiti agreements

Hi Jim Bunny, thank you for your editorial highlighting the graffiti issue. I agree wholeheartedly with your comments, and would love to see some police action... Read More

Government's role in directing New Zealand news

With small NZ media publications losing advertising to overseas online media, journalists need funding. "Fair Digital News Bargaining" (FDNB) claims to help journalists... Read More

Idea will only force people away

Re: The proposed parking charges in downtown Mount. (The Weekend Sun, page 4, September 15, 2023). The traffic congestion at the Mount during the Christmas/New... Read More

The problem is too cheap fossil fuels

Re: congestions charges proposal (The Weekend Sun, page 5, September 15, 2023). The major problem with traffic congestion country-wide is that fossil fuels are... Read More

Enough room already for golf at Mount

Re: ‘Surprise tee in the reserve' (The Weekend Sun, page 3, September 15, 2023). It was disappointing to read that Mount Maunganui Golf Club is trying to... Read More

Tell crime where to go with CCTV!

When one listens to our country's crime statistic,s why do not more people install CCTV? Police called on me one day because a neighbour thought that I had CCTV;... Read More