Letters to the Editor

We are New Zealanders

My family has proudly called NZ home for almost 200 years. Like most other settlers they bought the land, broke it in and built the fantastic country we see today. This... Read More

A sad saga

Listening to the opinion of people on Labour spending $200 million plus on feeding children in school comes forth with this. Parents should be feeding them and... Read More

A better way

It would seem that normal human responses are now deemed to be mental illnesses. Anxiety is a normal response to a lack of power and control and can be expressed... Read More

What was achieved?

How unfortunate that the headline above the picture of Todd 'laser focused/National gets stuff done/move at pace' Muller is 'The Bay deserves better'... Read More

Cannabis ‘scaremongering’

In reply to M Murray-Benge, the writer's reasoning skills are part of the problem, not of the solution. The writer shares reefer madness misinformation left over... Read More

Climbing the ladder

Recently both Don & I had a stay in Tauranga Hospital for 6 days due to a fall off a ladder. We received good treatment in A & E and also in the wards, after a... Read More

Trash talk and solutions

I was very recently in the Kaimai's exploring our beautiful countryside and I came across a discarded fridge in the middle of a parking area and a pile of rubbish... Read More

Get rid of plastics and reduce waste

Harmful and dangerous plastics have to be phased out. It is dangerous to our health. The Government needs to do this as soon as possible. The fish we are eating... Read More

Voting rights

Katikati Community Centre is going to have a special general meeting on September 17 at which they plan to change from an incorporated society to a charitable trust... Read More

A whiff of a ‘hijack’

In the [Katikati Advertiser] Katikati Community Centre is calling for a Special General Meeting [September 17] to make major changes to becoming a charitable trust,... Read More

Sack them all

Tauranga City Rate Payers will have their hard earned rate payments wasted because our elected council members and mayor cannot behave themselves and be trusted... Read More

Too complicated

TECT trustees should allow the individual Trustpower account holders/voters the ability to set their gift amount to charity/community and to get away from the needlessly... Read More