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![Letters: New Health Minister Simeon Brown needs to work with haste](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
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=870)
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=870)
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=870)
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=870)
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: Transport reshuffle – Bishop's big chance to change course](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
Letters: Transport reshuffle – Bishop's big chance to change course
OPINION: 'Higher speed limits and more roads are not the solution, they are the problem.'
![Letters: Look overseas for hot house solutions](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
Letters: Look overseas for hot house solutions
OPINION: 'We're unintentionally creating heat traps in our pursuit of modern aesthetics.'
![Letters: Sport has become big business; empower police by arming them](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
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=870)
Letters: Keep e-scooters off pedestrians' pavements
OPINION: 'The residents of Meola Rd are not the only ones who are irate.'
![Letters: Ratepayers on the hook for SailGP; Turia's lasting legacy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
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=870)
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=870)
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=870)
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=870)
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=870)
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=870)
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=870)
Letters: Locals bothered by summer wave of bad beach behaviour
OPINION: 'They have no respect or consideration for those who live here'.
![Letters: Cheap food for school children could be false economy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
Letters: Cheap food for school children could be false economy
OPINION: 'Now many New Zealanders exist on over processed ‘junk’ food'.
![Letters: Paying tribute after death of Dame Tariana Turia](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
Letters: Paying tribute after death of Dame Tariana Turia
OPINION: Following her example would mean 'less meaningless political point-scoring'.
![Letters: Question of arming police on duty raised again](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
Letters: Question of arming police on duty raised again
OPINION: 'All police on duty should be armed for their safety.'
![Opinion: NZ’s honours highlight need for government action on child poverty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
Opinion: NZ’s honours highlight need for government action on child poverty
OPINION: Wellbeing and welfare of youngsters top of mind for readers.