Tauranga, Rotorua and Whakatane have always claimed a position of eminence but the region's logistical centre was readily accepted as Paengaroa, as evidenced by the horse-and-carriage changing station.
What has changed? All major highways linking the three dominant communities lead to Paengaroa and there is a railway line linking Tauranga and Whakatane right alongside.
Need I mention the TEL?
Paengaroa serves the best interests of all.
(Abridged)
L. Kelvin O'Hara
Te Puke
Redwood trees are ugly
I have lost track of the times we walked through the Redwoods and I just can't think of a single thing that is nice about this particular collection of misfit trees.
The redwoods are a native of California and really have little value in New Zealand. They are ugly, too big and add nothing to the quality of the air or the outlook - good only to provide a method of sucking up rain - which would benefit the lakes.
It would have been so much nicer to plant oak, maple, ash, sycamore, rowan, birch, hazel and other trees that would have attracted birds and other creatures, animals that avoid the redwoods - as do the birds.
The trees mentioned would have provided summer shade and allow the sun to warm the ground in the winter, they would attract wildlife and fill the air with bird calls and add a few fruit-bearing trees and then more would benefit.
Just a thought, but anything is better than ugly pine trees.
Jim Adams
Rotorua
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