Letters to the Editor

The permanent rainbow crossing…

I was quite interested in the recent council meeting where the proposal to have a permanent rainbow crossing in the city was approved. The main reasoning for... Read More

Another example of Tauranga lunacy!

The recently completed road hump in Levers Rd at Matua is being demolished. I am informed this is a result of some residents complaining of 'vibrations”. The... Read More

A colourless conspiracy!

Have you ever strolled through our city and felt like you accidentally wandered onto the set of a beige paint commercial? I'm convinced there's a secret meeting... Read More

Neither was mean-spirited…

RE: ‘The ghosts of Everest return…' Page 2 column, The Weekend Sun, October 18. It was interesting to read Jim Bunny's editorial in The Sun on the... Read More

Good things have happened on Cameron Rd

It's like a beacon in the night. And it stops me in my tracks on the intersecton of 7th Ave and Cameron Rd as I traipse into the factory at dawn each day. I marvel.... Read More

Colourful crosswalks hurt no one

I am appalled but not shocked by a recent petition by a group of fellow Tauragians who started a petition to stop the rainbow crossing on Devonport St over the ‘cost'. I... Read More

What about an inland port?

How many times do we have to reconstruct Tōtara Street? The contractors have hardly gone and we're thinking of four-laning it. How about some constructive... Read More

Take pride in our city!

Re:Three Waters placards in Welcome Bay (letters page 24, The Weekend Sun October 4 edition). A few weeks back we were driving into Tauranga. It was a very slow... Read More

Cameron Rd – the design is flawed

Re: ‘So, we were wrong, probably. And they were right. Definitely!' (letters page 24, The Weekend Sun, October 4 edition). This letter was recently published... Read More

Thanks for shedding light on traffic offending

Re: ‘Why the heinous traffic offending in Tauranga?' (letters page 28, The Weekend Sun, October 11 edition). Good letter Charlie Chattaway of Greerton,... Read More

I LOVE DST…… 

It's been a part of us for damned near half a century, it's not going anywhere anytime soon, so suck it up. It was cemented in place 1975 but we still hear people... Read More

Dear Editor,

I am reminded that people need to learn how or when to indicate at the roundabouts every time I drive around beautiful Tauranga. The Pyes Pa roundabout has the... Read More