06:00am Fri 25 Jun, 2021
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
06:00am Fri 25 Jun, 2021
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
06:00am Fri 25 Jun, 2021
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
06:00am Fri 25 Jun, 2021
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
06:00am Fri 25 Jun, 2021
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
06:00am Fri 25 Jun, 2021
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
08:42am Thu 24 Jun, 2021
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
06:00am Fri 18 Jun, 2021
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
06:00am Fri 18 Jun, 2021
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
06:00am Fri 18 Jun, 2021
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
06:00am Fri 18 Jun, 2021
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
06:00am Fri 18 Jun, 2021
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