Waihi to Tauranga and back again - she's a pretty scary trip some days and sadly, deadly on others. There's been a lot of negativity and anger bandied around on... Read More

This festive season, while we are sitting down to eat our feast with our friends and family, laughing and enjoying just taking a break, let's spare a thought for... Read More

B Johnson (in the Weekend Sun, December 6, page 40) claims the media are biased by highlighting hot weather records and ignoring extreme cold events, such as one... Read More

David Clark, Health Minister, has appointed 13 new Health Board Chairs, four are Maori, why even mention that fact, if not using it as a political football for the... Read More

Three of the writers to The Weekend Sun December 6 seem to be mistaken. J.Hill (page 41) says that the 1975 Treaty of Waitangi Act was meant to address confiscated... Read More

I disagree with Councillor Steve Morris' call for more land to be made available for subdivision and houses. Tauranga cannot cope with more people moving here.... Read More

I, as a person living on my own, am objecting to a council run waste service. Where was the chance to add comments in the ‘talkingtrash' survey? I rarely... Read More

Steve Morris' column (The Weekend Sun, December 6, page 25) got me thinking - if we are facing a housing crisis and land shortage, why don't our councils (Tauranga... Read More

In response to D Hill (The Weekend Sun, December 6, page 40), roads are not the sole answer in fact your suggestions are in fact cave man thinking. The last government... Read More

Ms Murray-Benge's recent personal disappointments and sense of ‘unfair play' may have clouded her perceptions of fairness, rights, equality, and ethics. Rights... Read More

It's a sad fact that too many jump on the bandwagon, when they do not need to. Look at the many tattoos and expensive phones. People in need - yes and why, greedy... Read More

The Local Government Act requires local authorities to have processes to provide opportunities for Maori to contribute to the decision-making process and to foster... Read More