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![Letters: Why increase speed limits when road toll reducing?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Why increase speed limits when road toll reducing?
OPINION: 'Do we want to see an increase in those grim white crosses.'
![Letters: There’s no ducking parental responsibility](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: There’s no ducking parental responsibility
OPINION: 'Unfortunately today too many parents are selfish.'
![Letters: Use our own public money before taking money from foreigners](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Use our own public money before taking money from foreigners
OPINION: 'The Reserve Bank [could buy] low-interest infrastructure bonds from Treasury'.
![Opinion: Regulating dog walkers misses the real issue](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Opinion: Regulating dog walkers misses the real issue
Opinion: 'Arguably, more dogs mean more risk, but not necessarily'.
![Letters: New Health Minister Simeon Brown needs to work with haste](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: New Health Minister Simeon Brown needs to work with haste
OPINION: 'Fix primary care and wait times in ED would drop dramatically.'
![Letters: Trump tries to turn back the tide of reality, history](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Trump tries to turn back the tide of reality, history
OPINION: 'Trump surrounds himself with an oligarchy of very rich would-be autocrats.'
![Letters: Reti not to blame for ailing health system](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Reti not to blame for ailing health system
OPINION: 'Trump is many things, but a great orator is certainly not one of them.'
![Letters: A sorry state of US affairs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: A sorry state of US affairs
OPINION: 'Our Government believes that economic growth is the cure-all.'
![Letters: Proposed dog rules don’t go far enough; Reti an easy target](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Proposed dog rules don’t go far enough; Reti an easy target
OPINION: "[My dog and I] have been attacked ... and a local rider knocked off her horse.'
![Letters: Sport has become big business; empower police by arming them](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Sport has become big business; empower police by arming them
OPINION: 'Unfortunately we can’t choose our neighbours - it’s just the luck of the draw.'
![Letters: Keep e-scooters off pedestrians' pavements](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Keep e-scooters off pedestrians' pavements
OPINION: 'The residents of Meola Rd are not the only ones who are irate.'
![Letters: Obesity is caused by food choices, not childhood trauma](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Obesity is caused by food choices, not childhood trauma
OPINION: 'If that’s considered quality telly then I am very out of touch.'
![Letters: Politics trumps massive public interest in Treaty bill](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Politics trumps massive public interest in Treaty bill
OPINION: 'In the real world, political pragmatism and expediency will always win.'
![Letters: Ratepayers on the hook for SailGP; Turia's lasting legacy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Ratepayers on the hook for SailGP; Turia's lasting legacy
OPINION: Also in today's letters – e-scooter chaos and planning to avoid poverty.
![Letters: Dodging e-scooters at 'Wild West' Wynyard ruins the point of a nice walk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Dodging e-scooters at 'Wild West' Wynyard ruins the point of a nice walk
OPINION: 'Just weaving through everyone like it’s some kind of obstacle course.'
![Letters: Trump short of compassion over LA wildfires](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Trump short of compassion over LA wildfires
OPINION: 'The President-elect himself is unwilling to offer even a quantum of solace.'
![Letters: Heed history’s lessons to avoid repeating past aggression](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Heed history’s lessons to avoid repeating past aggression
OPINION: Although today’s global institutions are more substantial, words still matter.
![Letters: Why is puberty blocker use not being urgently investigated?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Why is puberty blocker use not being urgently investigated?
OPINION: 'The Ministry of Health needs to act now before more children are harmed.'
![Letters to the editor: Families miss out as Rugby Park gets upgrade, Shane Jones' comment ‘out of order’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters to the editor: Families miss out as Rugby Park gets upgrade, Shane Jones' comment ‘out of order’
OPINION: Herald readers share their views.
![Letters: Short-term greed over long-term planning is still our failed formula](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Short-term greed over long-term planning is still our failed formula
OPINION: 'This thinking is still wreaking havoc, look at the Cook Strait ferry debacle'.
![Letters: Locals bothered by summer wave of bad beach behaviour](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Locals bothered by summer wave of bad beach behaviour
OPINION: 'They have no respect or consideration for those who live here'.