
Letters: The real reasons for truancy; Russell Coutts and dolphin delays
OPINION: 'The risk Coutts accepted bit him on the backside. That’s business.'
OPINION: 'The risk Coutts accepted bit him on the backside. That’s business.'
OPINION: 'A bit like our sacked MPs who turn up as advisors to private business.'
OPINION: 'Why is the ordinary ratepayer subsidising air travellers?'
OPINION: Questioning out-of-town helicopters, and a call to buy Napier's medical centre.
OPINION: Good teachers should not be accountable to a nationally imposed system.
OPINION: 'There is increasing talk now about the viability of taxation reform.'
OPINION: That the behaviour of NZ students is the worst in the OECD is no surprise.
OPINION: 'Our new Government has an opportunity to demonstrate compassion.'
OPINION: 'Build a new bridge, right beside the existing one, on the eastern side.'
OPINION: 'It’s bye bye Russell and three cheers for the dolphins.'
OPINION: Next time, stick to Auckland for sailing events.
OPINION: Ban all of these silly pre-game tribal exhortations and get on with the game.
OPINION: 'The saviour of rugby needs to come from World Rugby at breakneck speed.'
OPINION: 'Spitting has no place today.'
OPINION: Will this Govt succumb to foot-in-mouth disease?
OPINION: 'Learn to behave and live in harmony with your neighbours.'
OPINION: 'What is this country coming to... rude protests, spitting and violence.'
OPINION: Why should NZ fund a huge chunk of cost on a film about Ardern?
OPINION: 'We cannot just keep building more motorways through the suburbs'.
OPINION: 'We should be encouraging gang members to be useful members of society.'
OPINION: "Is it democratic for a Government to bypass select committees on these issues?"
OPINION: 'Does this Government intend to worsen the social divide?'
OPINION: I can't see any reason for Victoria Park to be converted into a cricket stadium.
OPINION: 'Was there no compassion in the judge’s heart?'
OPINION: 'It is the right of all New Zealanders to be informed via a reliable source.'
OPINION: 'Why are we waiting until lunchtime to feed children?'
OPINION: 'Why didn't they do a test flight prior to this very important trip?'
OPINION: 'So far, this Government has done nothing to alleviate child poverty.'
OPINION: 'This isn’t an iconic address like 10 Downing Street or 1700 Pennsylvania Ave.'
OPINION: Suburbian response says much about the shameful blight of poverty in Aotearoa.