Letters: Te Manawa is not the heart of Rotorua City's issues

Te Manawa, Rotorua's former City Focus. Photo / File

I'm not sure what halcyon days your correspondent Paddi Hodgkiss (Letters, November 22) is recalling regarding City Focus.

Other than the odd line dancing group and busker, it was barely utilised.

Now traffic flows through, it hosts the wonderful Sunday Farmers Market, local musicians and when the weather is great you often see people enjoying the sun on the beanbags.

It's a long bow to draw the abuse retailers in the CBD are facing (which is more associated with homelessness and substance abuse issues) with the fruition of Te Manawa.

Dana Kinita
Rotorua

CBD is in a mess

Yes, the CBD is in a mess and not just the panhandlers trying to get money from travel-wise tourists and cash-strapped locals.

The parking has to be sorted - we need a minimum of one and a half hours free parking throughout the town.

The only way to stop the bums intimidating people is by foot patrols of police.

Maori wardens are not enough, we need police - not in patrol cars but on their feet and not every hour or so, but every 15 minutes.

Not enough police? Hire more.

Jim Adams
Rotorua

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