I am getting over the hand-wringing and whining from media people giving air to Western democracy's electorates not delivering their

Street view: Do you have an emergency kit? 151116sj01.JPG I don't, I just came back from Christchurch as a university student. BLAKE

A $4.9 million upgrade is planned for Rotorua Airport, this for a council controlled organisation that made only $414,000 profit last

A TIME TO GIVE: Salvation Army corps officer Kylie Overbye urges the community to give at this time of year. PHOTO/STEPHEN PARKER

I strongly oppose the proposed $5 million Rotorua Airport revamp. We upgraded the airport five years ago and it is still very much

Street view: Did you feel the earthquake? 141116sj01.JPG We think we did, the windows rattled a little bit. GRACE MORGAN, 65 Kawaha

Street View - Do you think Donald Trump will be a good president? * 131116paulDP.JPG I don't think he will be. He's too involved

What Americans have seen for decades is an elite system where a few have hijacked a political system which had convinced the masses

In an attempt to shake the feeling of consternation as the reality of a Trump presidency sunk in, I browsed through local political

We asked people at Rotorua Airport: What do you like about Rotorua Airport and what changes would you like to see? 101116bf11.JPG It's

I cannot let John Dyer's letter (November 9) go unchallenged. I was involved with the work programmes of the 1970s and 80s. I was

OPINION: John Paul College students (from left) EJ Dubouzet, 15, Kate Bird, 15, Brianna Lewis, 15, Cody Hunter, 15, and Harrison Hill

Street View: Do you Know what Armistice Day is? What does it mean to you? I have heard of the word but I don't know. WILLIAM SKIPWITH

091116bf5.JPG Yes I do. I don't have one yet, but I will get one. $44 million is quite a bit. I think I'd spent it wisely. Good luck

Street View: Are you following the US election? How do you think it will impact us in Rotorua? I do when I'm watching the news

We asked some of those being made official New Zealand citizens at today's ceremony: What made you want to live in Rotorua? I love

I am amazed that Andrew Little is offering to spend $60 million a year to provide work for unemployed young people when the same scheme

Street view: What's the best way to get unemployed youth into jobs? 071116sp6.JPG Make it enticing and payable. JOHN CHADWICK, 71 Kawaha

As the MP for Waiariki, a co-leader of the Maori Party and a Minister, I am privileged that I have opportunities in Parliament to

Good things take time, and while Rotorua's new rubbish system has encountered some "glitches and issues" last week I believe one week

Last week the unemployment rate fell to 4.9 per cent, the lowest level since the Global Financial Crisis in 2008. By comparison to

COMMENT: Reducing a woman you've never met to her physicality is not a compliment; it's weird and inappropriate.

Street View: Do you think seclusion rooms in schools should be banned? 031116bf1.JPG No. Because there has to be some way to chastise

Does Rotorua need another public fireworks display? I say yes. I don't particularly like fireworks, I admit anything more exciting

Perhaps your correspondent Jim Gray (Letters November 3) might consider offering his own ideas to overcome this shameful problem in

It was with interest that I read Rod Petterson's thoughts on a drug-free tenancy clause being included in the agreement of rental

Street view: Has Steven Adams' success made you more interested in basketball? 021116bf3.JPG I don't know who that is. The only

I commend Jackie Evans (Letters, October 27) on her proposal but I am somewhat lost as to what happens when the first motel is filled

Never take candy from strangers is a catch cry most of us parents preach to our kids. Then we throw all that wisdom out the window

Street View: Do you think firework sales should be banned to the public? No, I think it's become a bit of a tradition. HUNIA ROGERS