Here's some suggestions for the Weekend Sun letter pages' new topic for 2014: Tauranga's place in the ‘Golden Triangle'.

History: Tauranga is part of the Bay of Plenty-Waikato-Auckland ‘Golden Triangle'. This being New Year's resolution time, let's identify our city's strengths and opportunities for 2014 and beyond.

Community of interest: Tauranga is more closely aligned with Auckland than Hamilton or the Waikato.

Our focus must be improving synergy with Auckland. In particular, reducing travel times, which generates more commercial activity for Tauranga.

City image: ‘A Great place to Work, Live and Play'. Focus on the ‘work' and ‘play' advantages here and also ‘quality of life'. They're our relative competitive advantages. Being ‘an age-friendly city' is innovative and will progressively also enhance our image to young and old.

Tauranga marine area: is a key component. Our beaches and harbour and their recreational/sporting/tourism capabilities must be expanded to enhance our image.
The Port of Tauranga already continues to grow and bring new business.

Education: The new university offers the chance of new syllabus for NZ, possibly around marine biology to attract younger residents and new businesses.

M Lewis, Mount Maunganui.