Letters to the Editor

Are we playing follow the leader?

The leader of the Western world is (like it or not) the United States of America. This once admirable country is now being run by a megalomaniac, I say run and not... Read More

Rubbishing the bins

Five bins. Sorry, we have de-cluttered. Pity the poor people that are trying to practise waste minimisation. They won't need all these bins that the council is... Read More

Travel safe

I studied with interest Travel Safe's full page ad in this The Weekend Sun (December 27) with all its sound advice. I particularly noted the advice about taking... Read More

Mauao base track

Whilst applauding, at last, the re-opening of the repaired Mauao base track, more than two years after cyclone Debbie damaged it, I believe that questions should... Read More

BOP transport and global heating

Hooray for J Nagels (The Weekend Sun, December 27, page27) with his accurate and blunt assessment of outmoded roading models. In this age of undeniable global heating,... Read More

We should know better

Today I saved plastic bottles, soft and hard containers, cans and other rubbish from travelling out to sea via the culverts and drains to the Wairoa River and ultimately... Read More

Road to nowhere

On the 28th of December 2019 at 2.30pm the queue of cars, nose-to-tail, stretched from Cambridge Rd intersection with Highway 29 at Tauriko back to Ruahihi Rd. If... Read More

Hollow promises

In July it was reported that the NZTA were about to demolish the pedestrian tunnel under the road connecting Owen Place and Bayfair. There was to be no replacement... Read More

Rescue the chopper

Over this current Holiday period, thousands and thousands of vehicles have crawled their way down State Highway 2 , past my house, heading for summer holidays in... Read More

Here’s a challenge.

Instead of complaining about the rubbish on our streets - and there's more and more of it as this city expands - take control of the issue, make a contribution. ... Read More

Take comfort from support

Stand firm Andrew Hollis, do not let anyone intimidate you. You are entitled to your views, just as they are entitled to theirs. Take comfort in the fact that... Read More

What were they thinking?

Our thoughts go out to the victims and families as White Island tragedy details unfold. Like many others I was not really aware visitors/tourists/day trippers could... Read More