Letters: A lesson for students in cost-cutting consequences
OPINION: 'Denying students transport to school is ironic and dishonest.'
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Letters: The David divide - PM caught between a rock and a coalition hard place
OPINION: 'The PM has been caught between the proverbial rock and a coalition hard place.'
Letters: Vile-looking school lunches will end up at the tip
OPINION: 'Our most vulnerable and at-risk students deserve much better than this.'
Letters: The folly of foreign investment
OPINION: 'This is madness on a grand scale.'
Letters: Seymour’s Polkinghorne police interference
OPINION: 'Police investigations must surely be free of any such political intervention.'
Letters: Does NZ need a new Thanksgiving Day holiday?
OPINION: 'New Zealanders have much to be proud of and thankful for.'
Letters: Many people are starting the new year in debt
OPINION: The Prime Minister needs to set the standards in Parliament.
Letters: Ghettoisation of state houses
OPINION: There has been another blow to the Kiwi ideal of an egalitarian society.
Opinion: Beneficiary sanctions unfairly target vulnerable Kiwis
OPINION: Is it time for New Zealand to adopt a presidential structure?
NCEA standards: Are schools teaching to the test?
OPINION: NCEA's common assessments should reflect true literacy and maths skills.
Letters: National’s evidence-based promises unravel
OPINION: Some decisions, like cancelling ferries, defy evidence.
Letters: Wealth and the 'hard work' myth
OPINION: 'To a very large extent, wealth in New Zealand comes from government decisions.'
Letters: Banks' climate policy could be NZ's saving grace
OPINION: Saving grace or woke climate policy?
Letters: How to cut cost of school uniforms, why would PM attend Waitangi?
OPINION: 'I cannot deny that Donald Trump's strategy is masterful.'
Letters: Here's a case for a state asset sale; the human cost of raising speed limits
OPINION: 'Is this not a good example of very poor financial performance?'
Letters: The folly of relying on private healthcare; Trumpism in NZ politics
OPINION: Once lost, our wonderful public health system can never be recovered.
Letters: Why increase speed limits when road toll reducing?
OPINION: 'Do we want to see an increase in those grim white crosses.'
Letters: There’s no ducking parental responsibility
OPINION: 'Unfortunately today too many parents are selfish.'
Letters: Use our own public money before taking money from foreigners
OPINION: 'The Reserve Bank [could buy] low-interest infrastructure bonds from Treasury'.
Opinion: Regulating dog walkers misses the real issue
Opinion: 'Arguably, more dogs mean more risk, but not necessarily'.
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
OPINION: 'Trump surrounds himself with an oligarchy of very rich would-be autocrats.'
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
OPINION: 'Our Government believes that economic growth is the cure-all.'
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
OPINION: 'Higher speed limits and more roads are not the solution, they are the problem.'
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
OPINION: 'Unfortunately we can’t choose our neighbours - it’s just the luck of the draw.'
Letters: Keep e-scooters off pedestrians' pavements
OPINION: 'The residents of Meola Rd are not the only ones who are irate.'
Letters: Obesity is caused by food choices, not childhood trauma
OPINION: 'If that’s considered quality telly then I am very out of touch.'
Letters: Politics trumps massive public interest in Treaty bill
OPINION: 'In the real world, political pragmatism and expediency will always win.'
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
OPINION: 'Just weaving through everyone like it’s some kind of obstacle course.'
Letters: Trump short of compassion over LA wildfires
OPINION: 'The President-elect himself is unwilling to offer even a quantum of solace.'