* New phonebook very hard to read. Cost cutting by Telecom again. Will change phone companies because of it.
* The phonebook is a joke. I certainly can not read it even with my glasses on. What about older people?
* Keep the old phonebook and take new one back to post office. Return to sender.
Cyclists
* Is it ignorance or arrogance when you drive in cycle lanes when cyclists are present?
* To 'R': If councils kept the edge of the road free of potholes, glass and shingle cyclists would keep to the cycle lane Try biking sometime, it's good for you.
Other thoughts
* John McTavish you are so right. Tailgaters need to get a life before they take someone's life!
* Let some of your most inexpensive white bread go mouldy and see what the effect is. Great science experiment.
* Congratulations to St Joseph's anniversary in Wairoa. Very professional and great fun. Reg and Nat.
* Well done Peter for speaking out. Worked with a man too scared to go outside. HCNZ did nothing. Have moved client out. No one should live in fear. Many long, good deserving tenants are being ignored. Shame on HCNZ. Mags
* With improved road safety in mind, could the 80km limit and lane barriers be retained at airport and Westshore intersection please?
* Pensioner convicted for taking rubbish from tip! Over reaction. What happened to giving warnings?
* Not too keen on Campbell Live but TV One is out of here.
* Have just seen movie theatre at Ahuriri. Wish we had one in Taradale like that. It would be a winner.
* Taradale upholstery just fixed my La-Z-Boy. What an awesome job. Should have had them done years ago. JHW
* When are Napier citizens going to realise it isn't the job of the mayor and councillors to "listen" to the majority. They are rolling up their sleeves, and getting on with "the" agenda. So goodbye Marineland, a true public swimming pool at Onekawa, Westshore Beach and a decent compromise for bus passengers and hello to Art Deco buses for cruise ship passengers, a family friendly attraction with wow factor on the Marineland site (what?) and a half working sewerage system pumping chopped up crap into our beautiful Bay. SE
* Thanks to the Warehouse and Mega Mitre 10 for listening to our pleas and smoothing out the speed bumps. I shall be returning on a regular basis again.
* Anyone know what happened to the Maccas that was going to ruin Havelock North? Where is Ronald? Patricia Roberts not anti British? Not much! She seems to think she represents a lot of New Zealanders. If she needs a cause or something to get fired up about then why not target something with some substance and meaning. Poverty, health, wages, domestic violence, drug use, education.
* Re bus shelter: My co-workers and myself have to cross the road to get past all the people waiting for the bus, then cross over again to get to work. Too many people and bags, not enough room. NCC, fix it!
* Disgusting all the cigarette butts in stones at.Taradale shopping center.
* Saw a guy in wheelchair at bus stop down Heretaunga and Nelson St waving down bus only to be ignored by bus driver. Guy was disabled not invisible. So unfair.
* Agree re picnic tables at Westshore: They spoil an otherwise fantastic family area. Come on council, finish the job started by Rotary!
* Totally agree with Westshore picnic table debacle. Something needs to be done. Summer is coming.
* Re land in Pakowhai Rd where Bunnings wants to build. If it is such good food growing land how come it has been unused and rundown for many years? A Bunnings store would look much more appealing than broken glasshouses.
* Where has firewatch gone in Hawkes Bay Today?
Editors note: The Fire Service is on minimum duties due to industrial action and therefore not supplying the information.
