Letters to the Editor

Needing a leg up

Excuse me while I gag, choke, wretch over my Christmas dinner. Not over the dinner itself. But the cost of it. Because it's hard to enjoy a joyous festive... Read More

Very rich and out of touch…

How dare ex-National leader Simon Bridges talk about shortening Kiwi's Christmas holidays. Bridges, head of the Auckland Business Chamber, told the press that... Read More

A roundabout question

Re: ‘Round and round the roundabout'(Letters page, The Weekend Sun, November 21). I Goldsmith from Buretta wrote about the number of roundabouts from Ōmokoroa... Read More

A fulfilment of democracy

Margaret Murray-Benge's claim (Letters page, The Weekend Sun, October 31) that Māori seats in local government are 'no better than apartheid” and 'undemocratic”... Read More

How lucky we are here in Tauranga

Recently, I had the misfortune of falling down the hillside at our property. The terrain very overgrown with ivy, jasmine, weeds and the likes. I had a fight with... Read More

Why so many cars and subsidies on ratepayers?

Why does Tauranga City Council have so many cars that sit around doing nothing and another lot that get taken home with staff and their partners costing ratepayers... Read More

Why were the daffodil gardens destroyed?

For the last few years the reserve on the corner of Chapel St and Ngatai Rd have been graced with two beautiful daffodil gardens originally planted by the Otumoetai... Read More

Not rowing but paddling…

Re: ‘The waka moves forward best when everyone rows!' published on the Letters page, The Weekend Sun October 3 edition. When paddles are used to propel... Read More

We owe them our prayers and support

With beautiful blossom appearing on our trees, with kiwifruit vines beginning to bud, and with the weather beginning to settle, it's easy to forget the horrors of... Read More

Kindness on Hollister Lane

On Saturday morning, as thunder rolled, the sky darkened and rain was imminent, I was tottering along with my stick and my bags to the bus stop. A woman who was... Read More

Embrace and enable recognition of partnership

Re: ‘NZ must become a nation of one people', (Letters page 25, The Weekend Sun September 26, 2025 edition). I respond to ‘NZ must become a nation... Read More

We are the culture!

Re: ‘NZ must become a nation of one people', (Letters page 25, The Weekend Sun September 26, 2025 edition). Kia ora Colin Stitt. Welcome home! After 20... Read More