"We didn't get this right”. This is the bland understatement put out by the city's chief commissioner on the shambles that is the up-grade and so-called 'beautification”... Read More

Readers may have noted in the Local Democracy report in this newspaper (‘Liquor sale restrictions, page 3 November 24, 2023) that from February 12, 2024, they... Read More

I sometimes read about negative or challenging behaviour of younger people in our city. Readers may be interested to know there are many hundreds of teenagers who... Read More

‘Enough is enough with paid parking' (Letters page 25, The Weekend Sun November 24 edition). I wish to respectfully suggest to Carol Etherington that, if... Read More

When did we go from ‘Black Friday' to ‘Black Friday and Cyber Monday' to full-on ‘Black November'? I've been getting emails for ‘Black... Read More

The Commissioners and the people of middle government. The promise: We are going to make Cameron Rd safer, more user-friendly and good for people. By the way, in... Read More

Re: ‘Cycleway - where in the common sense?' (Letters page 25, The Weekend Sun November 24 edition). For a fraction of the cost, automatic safety barriers could... Read More

Our long-awaited bike link across the Wairoa River is soon to be open. Great news! Ten years ago it was to be an ‘iconic bridge'...but too expensive. So... Read More

We have problems with some new cycleways. Carparking has been wiped for too many businesses on Cameron Rd, and it is crippling them. For those lucky enough... Read More

I've been a great supporter of the Rialto for many years, sometimes seeing three movies a week. However, I've decided enough is enough with the paid parking. Recently,... Read More

The General Election - or the biggest game of charades - took place in New Zealand on October 14. The charade actors all have magic spells that are bound to work. They... Read More

The question for New Zealand is why is there no free ambulance in our country? Most countries have a free ambulance service - even Russia! Instead of St John... Read More