Recently I was involved with the organisation of a fishing trip on Lake Okaro for 31 children with haemophilia. The children, aged

The Westpac Rotorua Business Awards were held on Saturday night. Who is your favourite local business and why? 161016tuhuaDPW.JPG There's

Finally it's official. We can reveal today that Kmart is coming to Rotorua. For some of you, the news may be met with a shrug of

Re comments by Reynold Macpherson. Firstly, at no time was I ever a member of Rotorua District Residents and Ratepayers, although

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

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

ADVICE: A letter writer advises Reynold Macpherson now moves on and leaves Rotorua to flourish under the leadership of Steve Chadwick

What a difference a day makes. We have gone from moral outrage to mayoral front page in two short sleeps. Finally, we have trumped

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

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

It was like a breath of fresh air to read in the Rotorua Daily Post that a lobby group in being formed to promote equality amongst

Street view: Is it too early to start Christmas shopping? 031016sj0102.JPG No, because I'm going to be in Christchurch for the whole

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