Letters to the Editor

Change to sustainable rail transport

How encouraging reading two separate letters from Maureen Guy and Josh Cole in the June 18 Weekend Sun letters (page 30), supporting passenger rail for the Tauranga... Read More

Unaffordable cost of living

Three yearly increases in council property rates used to be the norm; it's about to change to yearly for the next 10 years. The annual increases will be indexed... Read More

History view flawed

Josh Coles' vitriol against Colonel Greer (The Weekend Sun, May 14, page 30) shows little understanding of the scenario of the 1800s. Greer was a military leader... Read More

Delivery woes

We receive a copy of The Weekend Sun about 60 per cent of the time; but are of two minds whether we prefer this arrangement. On the weekends we do receive a copy,... Read More

Tradies parking at Farmers

I see in The Weekend Sun (June 18) that the tradies working on the Farmers building are having trouble parking. The obvious solution, and one that would be well... Read More

SH2 bypass

I agree with Josh Cole (The Weekend Sun, June 18, page 30) about a passenger train for Tauranga. I don't agree, however, that we have to accept the continuous... Read More

Housing or horses?

The recent submission by councillor Heidi Hughes to swap horses for houses out here in Gate Pa needs to be countered by another korero. Given we look after 200... Read More

Time for a train?

It's increasingly absurd that a city the size of Tauranga does not have a commuter train service. We have the rail corridor north and south of Tauranga which could... Read More

Constant energy

Reading page 2 of The Weekend Sun, June 11, ‘From The Hutch' Go nuke save the world, made me chuckle. Our government may have great plans to go all electric,... Read More

Great experience

We recently visited the Baypark Covid-19 Vaccination Centre for our first ‘jab' and came away with a really good feeling about the whole experience. The process... Read More

Musings from other folks

I found an old journal left by the previous house owner and it has quotations from people around the world. WILL ROGERS 1: When it comes to staying young a ‘mind'... Read More

Scrapping SH2 upgrades

It is a shame that the State Highway 2 upgrade has been scrapped. But I can see why they did so. We are in a climate emergency and need to encourage less cars on... Read More