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OPINION: 'The delight on a child's face when they 'get it' is rewarding.'
Letters: David Seymour must be reined in; teachers aren’t entertainers
OPINION: 'Politics is a give and take game with everything up for negotiation.'
Letters: Making rugby safer at all levels; Wynyard Quarter broken bridge reaction
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Letters: AT's safety claim rings hollow, why are public servants paid more than the PM?
OPINION: 'I am assuming that my grandchildren are not regarded as vulnerable road users.'
Letters: MPs deserve fair pay - so do nurses, teachers and cops
OPINION: 'These groups should be placed under the Remuneration Authority’s control too.'
Letters: Truancy must have consequences; reducing council rates bills
OPINION: 'This escalating truancy problem has its inception in the family home.'
Letters: Back to future for Wynyard bridge; bring back the doggy do bins
OPINION: 'Come on Auckland, get over your moaning, take responsibility.'
Letters: Ruthless ministerial sackings create ripple of uncertainty
OPINION: 'Being ruthless in business is said to be a good trait.'
Letters: Tax cuts and tolls, Peters’ Gallipoli speech, fast-track folly
OPINION: 'Tax cuts lure the common man into voting;
Letters: Closing Cabinet door on key roles; halting ram-raiders
OPINION: 'It is clear that Mr Luxon wants to be seen as the 'heavy roller'.'
Letters: What would Anzacs make of today’s NZ?; Luxon rolls ministers
OPINION: 'In this country our respect for law and order is out of control.'
Letters: The sad state of NZ's seas; Three strikes is no solution
OPINION: A keen diver compares ocean life when he first arrived in Aotearoa to now.
Letters: A leg up for first home buyers; landlords back in the firing line
OPINION: 'There would be huge advantages for families, and for the nation.'
Letters: Govt's ferry call makes no sense; public sector leaders cave in
OPINION: 'The decision to cancel the iReX project was not based on data or advice.'
Letters: Help home buyers, not landlords; Team NZ's identity crisis
OPINION: 'The winners of the 2023 election were the lobbyists and their clients.'
Letters: Winston Peters the elder statesman; punish parents of naughty kids
OPINION: 'How can we all live alongside such dictatorship within a democracy?'
Letters: Public service cuts are irrational; is it okay to tell off other people’s kids?
OPINION: 'Parents can’t and shouldn’t hover over their progeny 24/7.'
Letters: Tax cuts will cost all New Zealanders; China is not our enemy
OPINION: 'Society as a whole will suffer, not just the needy.'
Letters: Foreign policy shift a 'grave mistake'; guns and mental illness
OPINION: 'New Zealand will do well by steering clear from warmongering.'
Letters: Government's tunnel vision on energy solutions; broadcasting's bleak future
OPINION: 'National is most wary of being scrutinised by current affairs media.'
Letters: Lessons from Sydney mall attack; public sector bloat
OPINION: It is frightening to think [of the outcome] if a semi-automatic had been used.
Letters: Why do we bother paying for an Auckland mayor; halve number of MPs
OPINION: 'So why not save money and don’t bother with a mayor?'
Letters: Teen rapist to pay victims $3000; too much trash on TV
OPINION: 'These youngsters know they can get away with their criminal behaviour.'
Letters: Why are we drinking so much; music madness in stores
OPINION: Would raising the alcohol excise tax help?
Letters: Reserve Bank’ cruel tactics to curb inflation; Newshub’s closure bad news for democracy
OPINION: 'Retaining our present news services is light years ahead of the alternatives'.
Letters: Don't mess with our gun laws, kids pulled out of school for cheap airfares
OPINION: 'The mosque murders went viral - but so did the response of the Labour-led Govt.'
Letters: Listen carefully to Govt’s narrative; self-serving public servants
OPINION: 'Another classic case of a lack of regular maintenance and engineering checks'.
Letters: Don’t cut jobs at these govt departments; pointless student climate protests
OPINION: 'MPs are just public servants too, aren’t they?
Letters: Putting cancer patients first; public sector pushback
OPINION: 'Are these scenarios examples of either cynical politics or self-interest?'
Letters: The danger of kids behaving badly; don’t reverse the smacking ban
OPINION: 'The solution to the problem of student behaviour starts at home.'
Letters: The real reasons for truancy; Russell Coutts and dolphin delays
OPINION: 'The risk Coutts accepted bit him on the backside. That’s business.'
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.'
Letters: How do you get an increased police presence; airport’s free ride
OPINION: 'Why is the ordinary ratepayer subsidising air travellers?'