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Gisborne letters on defending academic freedom, sorting Grey St and Cook Strait ferries
Gisborne letters on academic freedom, Grey St and Cook Strait ferries.
Letters: Stressed teachers and primary school testing; blunting bullying in schools
OPINION: We currently have a highly-stressed teacher workforce .
Gisborne letters about boot camps, Wairoa flooding, Grey St
Gisborne letters about boot camps, Wairoa flooding, Grey St, Gaza war.
Letters: Ardern era was never going to last
OPINION: 'New Zealanders are by and large a conservative bunch.'
Letters: Forget fines for street racers – impound their cars instead
OPINION: 'I suspect a number of them already have unpaid fines.'
Gisborne letters: Wairoa river issues, anti-progress, carbon capture, Grey St
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Letters: Lauren Dickason deserves our compassion
OPINION: 'The sentence humanely and realistically deals with this terrible situation.'
Letters: Live animal exports cruel; USA not okay based on debate
OPINION: 'The people of the USA have no one but themselves to blame.'
Letters: Fans soaked watching Blues win; killer mum's sentence appalling
OPINION: 'Her experience is not as a grease monkey, but at debating.'
Letters: Wairoa, Gisborne mayors deserve honours
OPINION: Craig Little and Rehette Stoltz have shown dignity, strength and mana.
Letters: Nordic nonsense for NZ; Dame Patsy Reddy’s disservice to All Blacks fans
OPINION: 'Is it any wonder we have a rising crime rate.'
Letters: Lauren Dickason tried under outdated laws
OPINION: 'Ironically, Dickason would probably have been found not guilty in South Africa.'
Letters: Willis may come to regret writing off KiwiRail's board
OPINION: Also in today's letters – spending secrets, sentencing rules and Razor's squad.
Letters: Golriz Ghahraman’s mental health ‘cop-out’; Red herrings on Aukus and China relationship
OPINION: 'Claiming a mental crisis is a real cop-out for Golriz Ghahraman.'
Gisborne letter writers like Grey St changes and trail extension, worry about fast-track bill
Gisborne letters: Liking Grey St changes, trail extension, worried about fast-track bill.
Letters: Boot camps - the wrong name for right idea; investing in NZ infrastructure
OPINION: 'We have to start with our babies to set them on the right path.'
Letters: Who's to blame for ferry failings; is NZ really a Third World country?
OPINION: 'We can at least be glad there were no tourists on board the grounded Aratere.'
Letters: Fugitive dad Tom Phillips is a criminal; Alfa Carbine firearms and high-profile crimes
OPINION: 'Should Tom Phillips get the $80,000 reward if he turns himself in?'
Letters: Why protesters are against Fast-Track Bill; the problem with family wills
OPINION: 'The protesters know that we have to do things differently.'
Gisborne letters on mobility parks, shared footpaths, C-list hubris, hobgoblins
Gisborne letters on mobility parks, shared footpaths, C-list hubris and hobgoblins.
Letters: Auckland Airport’s inter-terminal ‘fix’ a bridge too far
OPINION: Also in today's letters: Luxon's 'C-listers' comment and AT parking permit woes.
Letters: David Seymour out of his depth on school lunch debate
OPINION: Also in today's letters – rubbish council comms; that NZDF plane versus ferries.
Gisborne letters on potholes, a 'sublime' concert, 'imposter' headline and Grey St
Readers have their say on issues important to them.
Letters: Ponsonby party zone out of control; boot camps keep public safe
OPINION: 'Council and the Waitematā Local Board are tone-deaf to residents' concerns.'
Letters: 'A' for effort on education; minister wrong about speed limits
OPINION: 'The NZEI always talks absolute rubbish, so they should be ignored.'
Gisborne letters: Mining not the answer, Grey St mobility park
OPINION: As Sir David Attenborough once said: 'We have a finite environment – the planet.'
Letters: Boot camps are the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff
OPINION: 'Does anybody know a 15- to 17-year-old who responds to being told what to do?'
Letters: How long can a cafe customer stay at a table; runaway dad not a criminal
OPINION: 'Police have manufactured this seemingly strong family man into a Robin Hood’.
Letters: How will charter schools help?; govt departments lack vision
OPINION: 'All political parties should have to meet every 10 years to renegotiate.'
Letters: Key points missing from migration debate; the meaning of 'equality'
OPINION: 'For years, many people have used NZ as a way station.'
Letters: I'm nearly 80 – and ready to change for the planet's sake
OPINION: 'Our Government is intent on doing what we as a country have always done.'
Gisborne letters about Grey St, city centre in a bad state, farm emissions
Readers' views on Grey St, city centre in a bad state, farm emissions.
Letters: Cancer patients don't have time to wait; why I marched down Queen St
OPINION: 'The Government would be wise to stop prioritising potholes.'