Texts To The Editor: 15/09/11

*  St Vincent de Paul, loved your daffodil window display. Also top service and great prices.

*  Wairoa: Kia ora. I was born and bred in Wairoa, 38 this year. I have two children. We love Wairoa, it is a wonderful place to bring up your chidren. Great river, great people, great food and seafood, awesome things to do. Just some uneducated idiots that ruin a whanau day out (brainless men in gangs). Send them over to Tripoli to fight in a real war. CMR

*  Winter? ... what winter? Hawke's Bay is having the longest spring ever!

*  Clean green image? Swim in Lake Tutira, clean up as soon as possible or you might turn green around the gills!

*  Thank you to those who care for the Pakowai dog park ... much appreciated.

*  Make no mistake. Open cast mining is utterly devastating on the environment.

*  Get rid of haka. What other country greets its opponets wlth tongue poked out, veins in neck protruding and eyes bulging? As a so called civilized country we need to grow up.

*  Congratulations to the amazing cast and crew for all the hard work put into producing Dusty. A wonderful show with so many talented people. Awesome!

*  How could they get Duke St so wrong and Massey St so right? It seems as though Duke St is one big cycle lane! Crazy.