Letters to the Editor

Thank You Tauranga Hospital!

Having recently spent five weeks in Tauranga Hospital waiting to go to Waikato, I cannot thank you enough. At all levels of care, I can only praise each and every... Read More

Sharing is not caring on cycle/foot paths

With the previous Government's passion for shared cycle/walk paths, we have a problem, a serious problem. Last week, I almost lost a good friend. She was exiting... Read More

This Treaty Principles Bill

A number of questions concern me about the Treaty Principles Bill, but let me go back to before The Treaty of Waitangi. A number of Māori chiefs,devastated over... Read More

Have your say on the new aquatic centre!

The Tauranga City Council has asked us all to fill out its survey on the coming new aquatic centre facility scheduled to be built at Memorial Park. Great! But what... Read More

The permanent rainbow crossing…

I was quite interested in the recent council meeting where the proposal to have a permanent rainbow crossing in the city was approved. The main reasoning for... Read More

Another example of Tauranga lunacy!

The recently completed road hump in Levers Rd at Matua is being demolished. I am informed this is a result of some residents complaining of 'vibrations”. The... Read More

A colourless conspiracy!

Have you ever strolled through our city and felt like you accidentally wandered onto the set of a beige paint commercial? I'm convinced there's a secret meeting... Read More

Neither was mean-spirited…

RE: ‘The ghosts of Everest return…' Page 2 column, The Weekend Sun, October 18. It was interesting to read Jim Bunny's editorial in The Sun on the... Read More

Good things have happened on Cameron Rd

It's like a beacon in the night. And it stops me in my tracks on the intersecton of 7th Ave and Cameron Rd as I traipse into the factory at dawn each day. I marvel.... Read More

Colourful crosswalks hurt no one

I am appalled but not shocked by a recent petition by a group of fellow Tauragians who started a petition to stop the rainbow crossing on Devonport St over the ‘cost'. I... Read More

What about an inland port?

How many times do we have to reconstruct Tōtara Street? The contractors have hardly gone and we're thinking of four-laning it. How about some constructive... Read More

Take pride in our city!

Re:Three Waters placards in Welcome Bay (letters page 24, The Weekend Sun October 4 edition). A few weeks back we were driving into Tauranga. It was a very slow... Read More