A highly biased answer? A big thumbs up to our TCC staff!

Re: ‘What a mess’, Letters page 16, e Weekend Sun, July 13.

e Weekend Sun published a letter from J Malcouronne about the mess on Cameron Rd and then gave an equal column to a council spokesperson who didn’t have the courage to be named.

is spokesperson said the Tauranga communities told TCC what was wanted and that is what is being constructed. I suspect that was a highly biased answer.

I submitted against the proposal on the basis of too many tra c lights and a number of other things.

I said that it will not work; and in particular the buses would not be any faster than they are now. I attended a display consultation and was appalled at the ignorance of the people hosting it.

I have no doubt some people wanted some aspects of so-called safe, open, clean, meeting places and the biking fraternity welcomed improved paths.

I suggest your newspaper ask this TCC spokesperson to be named and give us a breakdown of what the community said, including numbers, and whom they represent.

Also identify what percentage of the Tauranga population had responded.

I predicted that Cameron Rd would be a disaster and most aspects which I have noted during construction con rms my view.

Unfortunately the planners, engineers, Commissioners, council spokespersons and suchlike simply walk o into the sunset and leave the mess, as happened in the Greerton area.

Bill Capamagian, Tauranga City.

TCC general manager, Corporate Services Alastair McNeil replies: e TCC was contacted by email re: a large pothole in the entrance to the carpark by the Brook eld shops. ere was a response that afternoon, and by the following day the pothole had been attended to. e possibility of tree plantings in the street, at Kulim Avenue, was explored. After meeting with the TCC urban forester, who outlined the process, the types of trees suitable for the area followed by obtaining permission from the residents to proceed, we now have some handsome kowhai specimens in our street.

Responses to Letters to the Editor are sometimes compiled from across di erent areas of the council, not from a single individual, however when appropriate we will look to provide individual names.

I wish to acknowledge two occasions by those employed by the Tauranga City Council this last month.

In time we hope to see tui and silvereyes coming to sip the nectar from the spring blossoms. Maybe this will encourage other residents to take up this opportunity when they see the addition to street aesthetics, receive the bene t to the environment and hear with the joy of birdsong in our street, all through the e orts of the TCC.

With appreciation to the sta .

It’s PC run wild...

Re: ‘I just don’t understand why’ (Letters page 16, e Weekend Sun July 28 edition).

I agree with Jackie and Neil Stewart’s letter. But, actually, I do [understand]...it’s political correctness run wild. And the Tauranga City Council reply is just a politically correct cop-out. As the well-known commentator and author

Amy Brooke says: “We are more than at the crossroads in this country, and any political party who does not oppose co-governance – and is not committed to supporting the renaming of all the institutions as they were, and should be, in English – does not deserve our vote”. Pete Kelly, Te Puna.

Provide a separate translation

Re: ‘I just don’t understand why’ (Letters page 16, e Weekend Sun July 28 edition).

Re: ‘I just don’t understand why’

(Letters page 16, e Weekend Sun July 28 edition).

Further to the letter from Jackie and Neil Stewart re: the use of Te Reo in communications, we also are annoyed at having this language forced upon us by many parts of social media. We don’t understand lots of the words used and don’t recall a vote or survey to decide if New Zealanders are happy to have the name of their country, towns etc changed.

Tauranga City Council is arrogant in its assumption that it’s okay to change names to a language spoken by a very small minority ignoring the majority who wish it to remain English. is has only come about in the last few years. Please let us put a stop to this before no English is spoken at all.

AA & J Kravitz, Pāpāmoa.

Re: ‘I just don’t understand why’ (Letters page 16, e Weekend Sun, July 28 edition). I sympathise with Jackie and Neil Stewart. Of course those who choose to replace some English words with Maori words in their English-language communications are entitled to do so. However, at the same time, others are entitled to consider the bastardisation of English, which is a beautiful and international language, unnecessary and disrespectful.

Robin Rimmer, Welcome Bay.

Tauranga City Council’s reply to Jackie and Neil Stewart’s letter in last week’s Sun totally missed the point. Mixing the two languages is a ridiculous practice and not everyone understands supposedly “commonly used” Maori words.

I have no idea what korero means. e messages should be primarily in English since this is the language spoken by virtually the whole population. If the council insists on “honouring the status of Te Reo” they should provide a separate translation of the message in Te Reo.

Steve Porter, Welcome Bay.

Don’t complicate and confuse...

Re: ‘I just don’t understand why’ (Letters page 16, e Weekend Sun July 28 edition).

Your correspondents Jackie and Neil Stewart last week raised the use of mixed language in the Tauranga City Council communication and a reply from the council assured that certain Māori words were well understood. at is simply trying to be woke and not true for the general population. I’m glad sign – which is also an o cial language – cannot be included otherwise you would likely have that in the mix. ere is an old saying: ‘Keep it simple stupid’ – which by interpretation means don’t complicate and confuse.

Don Finlayson, Bethlehem.

Marlene Ware, Otūmoetai.

THANKS for going the extra mile...

We all take health for granted until we have a problem, which often happens when we become seniors, not old people. As such Tauranga Hospital sta who look after such recycled individuals give their all to issue a WOF to their patients, often going beyond their duties to go the extra mile with dedication the name of the game. I feel just to say ‘thank you’ seems inadequate, however a special thanks goes to Sharon. It is obvious that medical sta don’t do their job for the nancial gain.

Ron Chamberlain, Otumoetai.

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