Letters to the Editor

Not at all unexpected

So the Mayor has resigned. Not really unexpected I guess considering that he immediately got offside with most of the other councillors and the commissioned report... Read More

Tauranga CBD decline

S Wagner [The Weekend Sun, November 13] claims Tauranga CBD has declined over the past couple of years. We have lived in Tauranga for over 50 years and many years... Read More

Double standards

Why did the Government allow a don't-give-a-damn group of cricketers to enter NZ when they will not allow essential workers for the agriculture industry to come... Read More

The Truth about Maori wards

Helen Clark's Labour Government (2001) introduced petition rights for Maori wards to protect voters against councils manipulating constitutional arrangements without... Read More

Helping the helpers

Hopefully everyone by now knows that St John ambulance staff are walking off the job in strike on November 25. These are the people that will turn up and help you... Read More

Suspect rationale

In recent times the use of misinformation has become the norm rather than the exception. In its current effort to deny Maori issues and opinions to be formally... Read More

Smart thinking for public transport

I raise this subject because Tauranga City Council is about to spend $40 million for bus lanes, for empty buses, on Cameron Road. Sensible thinkers in other countries... Read More

Sign the rubbish petition

If you want a reality check, consider how the Tauranga City Council is gaslighting us about their Kerbside rubbish collection mandate for next year. Read the information/research... Read More

More parking please

The Tauranga CBD has declined over the last couple of years. There is only one-quarter of the shops left in town and the majority of the people in town are either... Read More

Government working together

The new president of Local Government is Stuart Crosby from the Bay of Plenty, and he is right. Successive governments have used immigration to boost their tax income,... Read More

Listen to the ratepayers

Isn't it about time the Tauranga City Council listened to its rate payers - the people who pay their salaries? I've read the Tauranga mayor says there's a minimal... Read More

Musket wars the real threat

Having mulled over it for a month I find it necessary to reply to J.Sage's letter of October 2nd to correct some of his errors and ignorance of history. J.Sage,... Read More