Letters: Parents’ job to prevent truancy; taking responsibility for your own health
OPINION: 'Parents need to realise that attending school is not an optional extra.'
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Letters: Electric ferry plan proves Auckland Transport has lost the plot
OPINION: 'Can AT tell us what it costs to save a tonne of CO₂ using electric ferries?'
Letters: Christopher Luxon critique unfair and unbalanced – Sir Bill Birch
OPINION: 'I am astounded by the article written by Matthew Hooton.'
Letters: Leave political views out of All Blacks haka
OPINION: 'While the haka itself is a cultural expression, it's not about showing bias.'
Letters: PM needs to keep calm and carry on
OPINION: 'Well Mathew Hooton sure hit the nail on the head'.
Letters: House haka was boisterous but dignified
OPINION: 'Please fix both these major driving problems this year.'
Letters: Gang patch ban - bad law for good reason; TVNZ and transparency in news
OPINION: 'Bitch is a vile, sexist word for which there is no male equivalent. '
Letters: I can't lead a hīkoi for healthcare, I can barely walk
OPINION: 'Please Mayor, abolish AT and reform the other CCOs just as soon as you can.'
Letters to the editor: Māori Battalion haka heard on battlefield
OPINION: Our readers have their say.
Letters: PM must show strong leadership on Treaty bill
OPINION: 'Should [PM] kill the bill now or endure six months of divisive discussion?'
Letters: Haka in the House - Parliament requires decorum, civility
OPINION: 'Must Māori yet again bow down to the traditions of Westminster?'
Letters: Next abuse apology will be for Gloriavale; Treaty bill an unnecessary disruption
OPINION: 'Instead of empty rhetoric, the Government needs to take action – now.'
Letters: Who wins in divisive Treaty debate? Is Parliament haka brave or intimidating?
OPINION: 'Is it now time for our Parliament to accept the occasional haka?'
Letters: No room for thugs in kids’ sport; being besotted with Trump
OPINION: 'I’m getting sick of journalists ignoring facts about Trump.'
Letters: Treaty bill a destructive waste of time; MPs' haka childish behaviour
OPINION: 'We must firmly reject this ignorant and racist Treaty Principles Bill.'
Letters: Public deserves a say on AT’s future; why Biden shouldn't pardon Trump
OPINION: 'With five outfits with a finger in the pie, no wonder it is a costly mess.'
Letters: Abuse survivors deserve more than just money
OPINION: 'A fundamental question [about abuse in state care] remains largely unspoken.'
Letters: A healthy society doesn't leave people behind
OPINION: Also in today's letters – abuse redress; hard health facts; populism v fascism.
Letters: Auckland train disruptions a national embarrassment
OPINION: '[This] would not happen in another partially or fully civilised country.'
Letters: All Blacks' win as underdogs; meddling in medical school selection
OPINION: 'I wonder if World Rugby knows about this interpretation or rule change?'
Letters: AI and the vulnerable; NZ’s infantile stance on alcohol
OPINION: 'Grow up NZ. Handled correctly, alcohol is not a bad thing at all.'
Letters: What Trump’s win means for NZ trade; taming the bloated health bureaucracy
OPINION: 'There are far too many bureaucrats and not enough health workers.'
Letters: Donald Trump’s election win reaction; Government’s tunnel vision issue
OPINION: 'Democracy doesn’t die in darkness, it dies in broad daylight.'
Letters: Kids caught up in police raids used as pawns – by gangs and MPs
OPINION: Also in today's letters: the Treaty Principles Bill, the US election and tax.
Letters: I’m an American voter – and I have faith that human decency will triumph
OPINION: 'We need to have faith that the world won’t tilt off its axis.'
Letters: The evidence is in – jury trials no longer make sense
OPINION: Some Commonwealth countries have already ditched jury trials.
Letters: Polkinghorne and health authorities' apology script
OPINION: Can life now go on as before after the HDC says sorry?
Letters: Let the public vote on alcohol in supermarkets
OPINION: Act MP Simon Court has lodged a member’s bill to abolish licensing trusts.
Letters: Killing an icon at Western Springs
OPINION: It was disappointing to see the local oligarchs finally have their way.
Letters: Government late to the party on considering Nazi slogan, symbol ban
OPINION: Luxon and his Government are many years too late in considering this.
Letters: John Key's Trump endorsement an unwelcome surprise
OPINION: 'What has happened to [Key's] logical thinking?'
Letters: Act ignores sobering reality; Key's true colours on show
OPINION: 'Functional hospital EDs unclogged by violence are clearly not a top priority.'
Letters to the editor: Take health and education out of politics
OPINION: Herald readers share their views.
Letters: Ratepayers burned by bridge cost blowout
OPINION: It’s no fun being a ratepayer.