Street View: Do you think pokie machines should be banned? No, it's up to the user. At the end of the day they can do whatever they

Reynold Macpherson writes in an attempt to analyse his defeat at our recent elections (Letters, October 10). It seems to me he blames

Street View: Does more emphasis need to be placed on people's mental health? Yes, for people with addictions the community needs

Travelled from Napier for the recent Tulip Festival after seeing it widely advertised that 100,000 tulip bulbs had been planted this

Gambling is one thing that really riles me up. It's just a total waste of money. More often than not you are going to lose money

Street view: Have you been following the US election campaign? 111016sp1.JPG I've not really been following it too much, just been

Well, it didn't take Reynold Macpherson long to complain about the election results (Letters, October 10). Steve Chadwick was re-elected

I should know better than to let comments on social media wind me up - I bite my tongue reading them every day, knowing people have

Street view: What do you think of the new polytech name Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology? 100816sp7.JPG Changing the name doesn't

CONCEDE: Dr Reynold MacPherson says mayor Steve Chadwick's majority was slashed by his group. PHOTO/FILE 081016sp10.JPG There is

Karen Hunt will have lost count of the number of times she's had to defend the council's plans for the inner city. As the inner-city

Recently one of my grandchildren enrolled at John Paul College. In the process I found that demand to enrol children there far exceeds

I totally agree with J. O'Sullivan's remarks (Letters September 30) regarding the barbaric "games" of rugby and the morons who participate

Street View: Rotorua's road toll for this year is set to be the highest in five years. What are your tips for safe driving? 061016bf1.JPG No

It astounds me why more people do not vote in local government elections. Maybe I have just got old and sensible, or maybe working

Street View: Have you voted in this year's elections? 051016bf1.jpg No, not yet. But I will be posting mine tomorrow. MONTY BURKE

Your new columnist Rachel Stewart is a breath of fresh air (October 5). Certainly your last contributor was showing signs of fatigue

Dylan Thorne (Opinion, October 3) enthuses over the perceived benefits of online voting, however extensive research suggests otherwise

There's nothing like a hot hangi on a cold winter weekend, even if it is supposed to be cafe kai served on sun-drenched sidewalks

People say landlords have a rough time with some tenants. Yes, I agree but a member of my family has rented for the past six months

I spent a day in Kawerau this week. I spoke with the councillors and mayor, visited businesses and the economic development unit

Street view: What do you think of the Hobson's Pledge Trust and its policies? 300916bf6.JPG I probably don't really know too much

Concerns have been raised about poor voter turnout in local body elections. That does not worry me. It means that, hopefully, those

Street View: If you could work for any one of the emergency services, which one would it be? 290916bf1.JPG The police I guess. They

Congratulations to the Apumoana Marae committee for their decision to assist Rotorua's homeless. I am surprised at MP Te Ururoa Flavell's

Street View: Do you think local marae should take responsibility for housing the homeless? 280916sp1.jpg Yes, they should. But I

Street View: What can be done to encourage more people to vote? Make it more appealing to young people, it would be good to teach

Whose responsibility is it to make sure people have a roof over their heads? Many people - including Te Ururoa Flavell and Monty

The article regarding the proposed development of Mt Tarawera (Rotorua Daily Post, September 26) is to my mind long overdue and if

I am truly alarmed at the figure given for percentage of voters at local elections - 42 per cent! This is truly alarming. Having