Letters: The sweet and the sour on sugar tax; WFH should come with a pay cut
OPINION: More than 100 countries already tax sugar-sweetened beverages.
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Letters: Nicola Willis adds insult to injury with pointless WFH order
OPINION: 'It’s easier to fix a problem that doesn't exist than address the ones that do.'
Letters: Child poverty is a social and economic disaster
OPINION: 'Why don’t we have a war on poverty instead of building bigger prisons?'
Letters: Chateau fiasco; heritage buildings must remain in NZ hands
OPINION: 'The challenge presented by the chateau could easily be dealt with.'
Letters: How to drive change in transport planning; why league is beating rugby
OPINION: 'You can’t believe this bike fantasy planning.'
Letters: Overseas inspiration for Auckland’s transport solution; the problem with higher road speeds
OPINION: 'Are we really in that much of a hurry to die? I for one am not.'
Letters: Don't we want cheaper groceries?
OPINION: 'More expensive bureaucrats to roll back existing bureaucrats.'
Letters: Company tax loophole must be closed now
OPINION: 'Sanitarium... should pay tax, just as all struggling people and companies do.'
Letters: Health NZ v nurses – what's really up with staffing levels?
OPINION: Also in today's letters – climate policy, speed limits and sentencing reforms.
Letters: It's official – New Zealand is in the hands of lobby groups
OPINION: 'It's time Christopher Luxon stepped up and brought his ministers into line.'
Letters: Wayne Brown’s harbour bridge plan astray; building better dwellings
OPINION: 'It’s a sad indictment on our healthcare system'.
Letters: Politics and the period of disharmony; making Auckland a liveable city
OPINION: 'The American who invented the red cone has a lot to answer for.'
Letters: When was the America’s Cup friendly?; co-ed school advantage
OPINION: Was there ever a time the America's Cup was a friendly competition?
Letters: Teaching resilience – students need learning that suits them
OPINION: 'The learner is the prime focus, not the institution’s convenience.'
Letters: Government MIA in face of devastating mill closures
OPINION: 'Why hasn't the Government stepped in and provided a solution?'
Letters: Seymour sowing discord and wasting money with Treaty bill
OPINION: 'The aim of the legislation appears to be to raise the public profile of Act.'
Letters: What’s so wrong with Treaty Principles Bill debate?; More guns mean more violence
OPINION: 'Isn’t it the wishes of the people that we are ultimately seeking to understand?'
Letters: Why would NZ repeal gun laws?; tough lessons for ABs
OPINION: 'Where were the All Blacks' dropped goal attempts?'
Letters: This is the blueprint for boot camps; AUT pulls a Swiftie
OPINION: 'What comes next ... a Master’s degree in the evolution of the Kardashians?'
Letters: Banning vehicles on Auckland beaches; mobility parking abuse
OPINION: 'Auckland Council can and should ban recreational vehicles on beaches.'
Letters: Making health a political football
OPINION: 'The project's been badly managed, communication seems to be non-existent.'
Letters: Delays seeing a doctor; an Auckland Māori attraction for tourists
OPINION: 'We are stuck with a waka that goes in circles.'
Letters: ‘Scrooge’ hospital on maternity toast ban; focus on road safety not speed
OPINION: 'At least old Ebenezer had the integrity to be honest about his parsimony.'
Letters: Kīngi Tūheitia’s legacy; Razor's lesson in Boks loss
OPINION: 'Auckland Transport either doesn’t like elderly people or simply doesn’t care.'
Letters: How PM can honour Kīngi Tūheitia; motorway speed limits
OPINION: 'Business and political leaders just don't get it.'
Letters: Gang intimidation at council meeting; boosting ambulance funding
OPINION: 'These days examples of waste are so blatant that we have to pinch ourselves.'
Letters: How can the Greens be taken seriously?; public needs to report mobility park abuse
OPINION: 'People who misuse mobility parking spaces are cunning.'
Letters: Cynical state of building houses without sewers; Kiwis’ Am Cup divorce
OPINION: 'Wellington is no longer fit for purpose as New Zealand’s capital.'
Opinion: Gisborne letters on wastewater fix, damaged road, beneficiary control
OPINION: Our readers write in on a range of issues, including free speech.
Letters: Shallow politics in PM's council spending rebuke
OPINION: 'We have no idea what the Government believes are council luxuries.'
Letters: The real local council priorities; sad state of energy supply
OPINION: 'It is unfortunate that the dominant tower in the city is the casino tower.'
Gisborne letters on ward decision, forestry prosecutions, costs of greenery
OPINION: Readers write on Māori wards, forestry prosecution costs, green energy issues.
Letters: Councils' wasteful spending; Darleen Tana should stay as MP
OPINION: 'The super city has been of no benefit to residential areas.'
Letters: Chris Hipkins remains Labour’s best option; Sepuloni on reality TV
OPINION: 'Kieran McAnulty is convincingly adamant he doesn’t want the top job.'