Letters to the editor: Rotorua charity shop victim of selfishness

Piles of dirty clothing and unusable furniture create an eyesore outside a charity store in Greerton. Photo / Supplied

Shame on you

It takes a small handful of irresponsible and selfish people to spoil good things that benefit needy families.

The Women's Refuge generally do such a lot of nurturing and caring for women and children in Tauranga and elsewhere I'm sure, with their time and emotional support, that this type of abuse ... yes, it is abuse, of their Charity Shop in Tauranga, is tantamount to a show of arrogance and "a slap in the face".

It's unfortunate those men in this city, who behave in such a way that necessitates places like the Women's Refuge, probably are too ignorant and self-centred to even see the tragic results and ongoing destruction they cause.

I'm deeply sad that this charity shop will now close and many families suffer because of the illegal dumping of rubbish at their doorstep. Please dump your unwanted stuff at the proper depots.

Isabel Ashmore
Tauranga

Pot calling kettle black

I had to laugh at Simon Bridges' two comments in Saturday's paper.

Firstly that in Labour's first 100 days they were like a boat at sea without their helmsman.

Secondly, that it is crucial the Government improve roads in the region as per his petition. Hahahaha.

If his Government had done some work instead of sitting around counting their fat paychecks, these roads could have and should have been fixed years ago.

It would seem National's boat was not only without a helmsman but nobody was rowing and hence they lost the race.

Gary Horan
Bayfair

Commendations

Firstly may I commend TECT trustees on their courage to address a structure that has worked well but may not be appropriate for the future as the world rapidly changes.

It seems inevitable with quickly improving electricity storage technology and the rapidly declining cost of renewable/solar energy that the energy sector are in for a turbulent time.

Trustpower has now become an Australasian rather than a Regional Electricity Business, and is now majority owned (51 per cent) by a major infrastructure business, Infratil.

I am of the opinion that Trustpower uses the TECT cheque to cross-subsidise its local power price to the benefit of other shareholders.

My own business, a substantial electricity user, grew suspicious when we were reminded by Trustpower of the benefit to us as a Trustpower customer of the TECT cheque.

We went to the market and found we made considerable savings and more than the subsidy of the TECT cheque.

Perhaps all Tauranga/Western Bay Electricity consumers could do the same with an unsubsidised, level playing field local electricity market.

Craig Greenlees
Tauranga