Letters: Truancy must have consequences; reducing council rates bills
OPINION: 'This escalating truancy problem has its inception in the family home.'
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OPINION: 'How can we all live alongside such dictatorship within a democracy?'
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OPINION: 'Parents can’t and shouldn’t hover over their progeny 24/7.'
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OPINION: 'Society as a whole will suffer, not just the needy.'
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OPINION: 'National is most wary of being scrutinised by current affairs media.'
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OPINION: It is frightening to think [of the outcome] if a semi-automatic had been used.
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OPINION: 'So why not save money and don’t bother with a mayor?'
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OPINION: 'These youngsters know they can get away with their criminal behaviour.'
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Letters: The danger of kids behaving badly; don’t reverse the smacking ban
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Letters: The real reasons for truancy; Russell Coutts and dolphin delays
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Letters: Executives' pay and a job for life; truancy spawns 'Gen-Uneducated'
OPINION: 'A bit like our sacked MPs who turn up as advisors to private business.'
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OPINION: 'Our new Government has an opportunity to demonstrate compassion.'
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OPINION: 'Build a new bridge, right beside the existing one, on the eastern side.'