Letters to the Editor

Never been consulted

I believe we have never been consulted, according to Local Council Laws. I raise this issue as again, our Tauranga City Commissioners and Stuart Crosby talk of... Read More

Hard to accept that explanation

With reference to the Local Government New Zealand article (The Weekend Sun, October 15), I was disappointed with the response, provided by Mr Crosby, which seemed... Read More

Emissions alert!

Less than interesting news from the Sustainable Bay of Plenty people using data from Statistics NZ that was two years out of date. Well of course the BOP's emissions... Read More

Covid-19

The Covid storm is about us, We must pray for the tempest to calm. But we call can be saved, Not by a life belt, But by a small jab in the arm. The human heard... Read More

Helping if you can

Some time ago, the police were trying to locate anyone in the street who might have CCTV - no one could help, which led to this question: Are we really concerned... Read More

To those who complain about Covid

I was born into a world of six years of lockdown. Levels one-to-ten. Men between 17 and 65 were afflicted, but women and children too. Children were uplifted from... Read More

Global warming

With global warming, we all tend to blame motor transport, heavy industry and agriculture. The one person we don't tend to blame is ourselves. We all unwittingly... Read More

Covid advice

Who remembers this song from the 40s? 'You've got to accentuate the positive, Eliminate the negative, Latch on to the affirmative, Don't mess with Mister... Read More

Misleading

Margaret Murray-Benge is sadly mislead if she thinks that Stuart Crosby does good (The Weekend Sun, October 8). The true situation is that in July, Stuart, in his... Read More

Hospital admission criteria

In this Covid era, there are many stories about hospitals being overwhelmed with non-vaccinated Covid sufferers, to the detriment of non-acute admissions. Surely... Read More

Higher vaccination

I am no doctor, just a retired person with a little common sense and a few hard lessons under the belt. The way I see it, Covid-19 is like a world-wide bush fire. If... Read More

Three Waters charade

It's obvious now that the Minister of Local Government has no intention of allowing councils to opt out of her Three Waters takeover. This remarkable person has... Read More