Letters to the Editor

A total waste of ratepayer money

A recent report in The Weekend Sun that the Tauranga City Council has agreed to subsidise a two-year ferry service trial between Tauranga CBD and the Mount, at a... Read More

Today, everything is dumbed down

Back in the day voting was a serious and important event, considered a civic duty. To vote you went to a specific polling station where a policeman was on duty and... Read More

Candidates should promise to consult ratepayers

If you ignore the people, they will ignore you. I raise this as we approach the time for Tauranga residents to vote in a new council. For instance, the Local... Read More

Democracy is fundamental to local government

Recently, on ‘Q+A' on Sunday morning television, Anne Tolley said that in her opinion a mixture of democratically elected and appointed people to run Tauranga... Read More

How refreshing!

How refreshing it's been to see the young man working at the Welcome Bay roundabout, acknowledging the passing traffic going through the temporary traffic lights... Read More

Thanks for the love and care

Re: ‘Recognised for five decades of fostering children', published May 10 edition of The Weekend Sun. The love and care given by Verna and George Kite to hundreds... Read More

Let democracy decide now!

The Tauranga City Council in February 2021 was holding a postal poll on the proposed special Tauranga Māori Ward, as more than five per cent of Tauranga voters... Read More

It’s the sheer number of cars...

Re: ‘State highways torture for too many too long' (The Weekend Sun, May 10). Margaret Murray Benge hasn't much hope of free traffic flows. In the beginning... Read More

Cameron Road...again

I am writing this because of the coming Tauranga City Council elections. Remember this when it comes to voting for the people who seem to think that Cameron Rd is... Read More

Life-enhancing influences forever

Re: ‘Recognised for five decades of fostering children' (The Weekend Sun, May 10). The love and care given by Verna and George Kite to hundreds of children... Read More

A touch of elitism?

I find it a touch of elitism that from July 1, 2024, a number of the boat ramps in Tauranga are going to have a $20 charge to use levied, whereas all New Zealanders... Read More

State highways torture for too many too long

The Government has changed. The former Transport Minister took Te Puna to Ōmokoroa roading development off the 10-year plan and has lost his parliamentary seat,... Read More