Letters to the Editor

Not the first time

This isn't the first time my generation has been ordered by the New Zealand Government to "stay home and avoid unnecessary travel" as it happened during the... Read More

Keeping up

Your correspondent S. Caughey (20/3/20) lambasts the City Council and councillor Baldock in particular. While there's plenty I disagree with the city council on,... Read More

Not very Christian

Our Mayor reportedly said at a formal Council meeting 'Councillor Dawn and Andrew need to stop posting the s##t they have over the last couple of weeks”. It... Read More

Ratepayers are not fools

Ignorance is worldwide, followed by arrogance. We have it here in spades in Tauranga City Council. The most basic fundamental priority when a business is taken... Read More

Support for St John

Christchurch [massacre commemoration service] cancellation at the last minute by design? Who wants to relive over and over any disaster? No thanks to the many... Read More

Living on the pension

It never ceases to amaze me how people [ref: A Rogers' letter in The Weekend Sun, March 13] develop an instinct to read things in a published letter that were never... Read More

Budget forgetting key group of people

I was disappointed to read the COVID-19 budget released earlier this week. Why? Because no money was dedicated to St John. If the pandemic gets as bad as the government... Read More

Fix the problem

Your correspondent Peter Donnelly (March 13) seems to be unaware that the local by-law regarding homeless people was and is unworkable. It is very easy to blame... Read More

Rates rise revolt

Well well what an ugly head has reared itself in regard to your comment councillor Baldock ‘If you can't afford the rate increase downsize or move on'. I have... Read More

The great rubbish debate

Thank you for the article on the kerbside collection of rubbish and recycling (March 13). The public needs to be informed fully of this debate and the costs to... Read More

Speaking up for St John

Andrew Coster the new Police Chief has a $700,000 income. The PM says that he has to look after 13,000 men. St John's Peter Bradley also has a very large number... Read More

Meeting needs fairly

In response to A Bourne of Bethlehem (The Weekend Sun, March 6) reversing a law that currently allows younger spouses to 'piggyback” off their qualifying partner's... Read More