Letters to the Editor

Brave bunny!

Hi Jim Bunny, I know I gave you a 'serve” for your comments in the May 19 edition of The Weekend Sun. You bravely included some of my comments in the May... Read More

You make me smile...

Dear Jim, No matter how I'm feeling, I can always rely on your clever banter every week to make me smile. Thank you! With best wishes. Geralyn Finnegan. ... Read More

Right on the money

Re: Page 2 Jim Bunny's column ‘Ngati Whingers' or just plain ‘rude' published Friday, May 26, 2023. Great article and you are right on the money! Well... Read More

Medicine worse than the illness!

Democracy may not be perfect, but it's still the best thing we have. For this reason the Commissioners appointed by former Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta... Read More

Anything but free!

I hear the Tauranga City Council advertising for people to join the ‘free' library. As one of the long-suffering ratepayers and a former councillor the library... Read More

Still co-governance

Who would have thought that a government could have made such a hash of water reform? Now Kieran McAnulty is the new Local Government Minister and is proposing 10... Read More

Please explain...

Can someone please explain to anyone trying to get in Tauranga from Katikati, what the sign at Bethlehem and Te Puna means ‘minor delays'? Since the construction... Read More

Actual bus travellers need to be heard

Re: ‘Bus stop gets the drop' page 3, The Weekend Sun, May 5, 2023. Regarding the Grace Hospital bus stop I am appalled that the Bay of Plenty Regional Council... Read More

Why some of us are frustrated!

Re: ‘Turning Paradise into a parking lot' news article page 3, The Weekend Sun, May 5, 2023. I was present at the Tauranga City Council meeting, chaired by... Read More

We already have a community stadium!

Re: Priority One chief executive Nige Tutt's column ‘Substantial benefits from a community stadium' page 13, The Sun, May 5, 2023. I cannot understand how... Read More

Affordable water still has bad aspects...

Re: ‘Major changes to our affordable water reforms' Angie Warren-Clark's column From the Beehive, The Weekend Sun, April 21. Angie does not mention that the... Read More

Pop your deep blue bubble!

RE: Politics with Sam Uffindell. I was led to believe that once a person was elected, they should represent the whole electorate. However, it would appear from... Read More