Category Archives: Emails to the Editor

Maori Park, Maori Rock Art and Maori Penguins

I see in the Timaru Herald that plans are well underway to get another Timaru gunner project up and running. I don’t know why they called it Maori Park because I have never seen a Maori on there yet. I … Continue reading

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Timaru Herald may have shot themselves in the foot

It seems the Deputy Editor of the Timaru Herald may have shot himself and his newspaper in the foot when he decided not to publish my last letter to the Editor on the grounds that I had also published it … Continue reading

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Vote of No Confidence in District Council

Performance Training Company would not allow me to rejoin their gym after 10 years membership so I have taken up swimming at Century Pool in Timaru and I’m loving it. I find it hard to believe that the Manager of all … Continue reading

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Councilors Spend $24 Million Despite the Recession

The biggest news for the Timaru ratepayers last week was the decision made by the Mayor and her councilors to spend $24 million on a 10 lane 25 metre swimming pool. In the complex there will also be a leisure … Continue reading

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Pay up or shut up

I don’t understand what all the fuss is about over the decision on the aquatic centre in Timaru. A decision was made by the full council to build an aquatic centre complete with a gym and a wellness centre for … Continue reading

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Timaru District Councilors Break Ranks

There has been so much good reporting by the journalists in the Timaru Herald this week I’m not sure which story I should write about first. Perhaps it’s best if I start with the good news first. The good news … Continue reading

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Ashburton’s New Swimming Baths

I was in Ashburton last week and I read in the Ashburton Guardian that the Ashburton District Council was planning to build a big new aquatic centre. What a novel idea I thought. An Aquatic Centre sounds posh, I wonder … Continue reading

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Timaru Herald rejects another letter on Positive Thinking

The Timaru Herald has rejected yet another one of my letters on positive thinking and this one was about how to develop a positive mental attitude. At first I thought it was the Editor who was rejecting my letters until … Continue reading

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What a Load of Old Rubbish

Barry Jones of Timaru wrote a very good letter to the Timaru Herald this week about our rubbish system. During the last local body election campaign our local Mayor led us to believe that Timaru people with their 3 wheely … Continue reading

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Timaru Herald Suspected of Discrimination

For some time I have suspected that the Timaru Herald have been using discrimination against some of the writers of letters to the Editor. I for one have had many well written letters rejected by the Herald over the years … Continue reading

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