Letters to the Editor

Hong Kong needs our support

P. Dolden's letter [‘Leave Hong Kong to the Chinese', Weekend Sun, July 10] requires response as, having spent the past 40-odd years doing business in... Read More

Seeing red over car ad

The car dealer who makes a casually sexist comment about a woman buying a car ought to be a stereotype we left behind in the 20th century. But a local dealership's... Read More

Rescuer gone in a flash

I'm writing to the paper to thank some people that helped us on Tuesday, July 7 at around 5pm. We were at the top of the Kaimai's, on the side of the road, with... Read More

Keeping promises

In Sunlive [July 11, 2020] journalist Emma Houpt wrote about the gifting ceremony of 11 Mission Street to the Otamataha Trust. She noted the trust would rent the... Read More

Facing the barrage

So the Mayor felt threatened at a local political meeting. The mayor needs to get used to the fact that one cannot expect everyone attending a political meeting... Read More

Standing up for Israel

P Dolden (Weekend Sun, July 10) uses a lot of anti-Israel rhetoric in highlighting the suffering of Palestinians under Israeli aggression whilst the UN and the rest... Read More

Dysfunctional council

The Weekend Sun article (July 17) said it all when it was reported that the current Tauranga City Council Mayor Tenby Powell, abruptly left the Papamoa Residents... Read More

Pay your way

I read 3400 returning citizens are to enter border hotels this week. The majority of those people were happy to leave NZ for better money in the global workforce,... Read More

Fresh ideas needed

Tauranga CBD does not need more parking. The shops have gone and no amount of parking will bring the shoppers back. We need a complete change of thinking. The... Read More

The free world’s responsibility

P. Dolden asserts that there's no difference between Chinese from the mainland and Hong Kong people. Correct, however, under British rule, Hong Kong was free. Like... Read More

Concentrate on core business

Your correspondent W. Gordon (The Weekend Sun July 3) has made several excellent and sadly, true points. Yes, Tauranga City rates are amongst the highest in the... Read More

Facts not theory

D Carey (The Weekend Sun, July 3) asserts cannabis laws have failed yet a major NZ study has shown that use amongst younger people is declining. Surely this proves... Read More