Letters to the Editor

The family of man in one big bag...

How can any section of the human race be classified as being coloured? When every human on earth has a skin colouring of some sort. The way I see it, you can compare... Read More

Stadium lunacy – Part 2

Re: ‘Tauranga Stadium lunacy' (letter by Rob Paterson, Ohuaiti. The Weekend Sun, December 16, with right of reply from Tauranga City Council Commission chair... Read More

So who decides ‘what’s right’?

Re: Jim Bunny's Page 2 column ‘Striking a blow for what's right' (The Weekend Sun, January 27). My question is who decides ‘what's right?'. Funny... Read More

Why stop at streets?

Jim Bunny's proposal to change the names of some of Tauranga's streets set me thinking. Why stop at streets? The most obviously inappropriate name is Tauranga itself.... Read More

So how are they really doing folks?

It's two years since our elected Councillors and Mayor was sacked. A lot of resentment and money could have been saved by keeping the councillors, who weren't a... Read More

Why not angle parking?

Carparking is an ongoing problem in Tauranga, more so if you don't live on a bus route. With losing carparks on Cameron Rd and a deadline not to park on the grass... Read More

Come on Tauranga - send them a clear message...

Who else is looking at what appears to be a debacle occurring on Cameron Rd with the current upgrade being undertaken? There appears to be little consideration... Read More

Toll roads and the truth...

Dear Editor, on January 19, 2023, Sunlive ran a story about Mr Ian Young's petition to Parliament about Tauranga's toll roads. A Waka Kotahi spokesperson said there... Read More

The Eggs of Cameron Rd.....

Re: F McNelly's letter ‘The price of progress?' (The Weekend Sun, January 20). Further to F McNelly's letter questioning the cost of the Tauranga City Council's... Read More

‘Empty tank’ spot on

Outgoing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's comment that she no longer has enough in the tank is very appropriate to the way she and her cohorts have handled New Zealand's... Read More

A growing disgrace!

Re: Is there a snake in our grass? (The Weekend Sun, January 20). I R Goldsmith is correct. The roundabouts, verges and median strips are a disgrace. Some of the... Read More

The price of progress?

I appreciate it's the price of progress, that it's an investment in the future of this fine city, but doesn't your heart go out to all the those businesses down... Read More