
Letters: Bureaucracy gone mad on Aratere grounding inquiries
OPINION: 'The waka-jumping law is more democratic as it puts the rights of voters first.'
OPINION: 'The waka-jumping law is more democratic as it puts the rights of voters first.'
OPINION: Also in today's letters – parenting and the state; 'reckless' remote inspections.
OPINION: 'Let’s face it, the game has become boring. Rule changes anyone?'
Gisborne letters: For and against Grey St 'Streets for People' changes.
OPINION: 'Is this a society that we can be proud of?'
OPINION: 'That is not what ratepayers expect of their council.'
OPINION: 'The point is: is one really better off in Australia?'
OPINION: 'Happy well-adjusted families don’t need punishment, they need reinforcement.'
Gisborne letters on academic freedom, Grey St and Cook Strait ferries.
OPINION: 'New Zealanders are by and large a conservative bunch.'
OPINION: 'I suspect a number of them already have unpaid fines.'
Our readers write in with their views.
OPINION: 'The sentence humanely and realistically deals with this terrible situation.'
OPINION: 'The people of the USA have no one but themselves to blame.'
OPINION: 'Her experience is not as a grease monkey, but at debating.'
OPINION: Craig Little and Rehette Stoltz have shown dignity, strength and mana.
OPINION: 'Is it any wonder we have a rising crime rate.'
OPINION: 'Ironically, Dickason would probably have been found not guilty in South Africa.'
Gisborne letters: Liking Grey St changes, trail extension, worried about fast-track bill.
OPINION: 'We have to start with our babies to set them on the right path.'
OPINION: 'We can at least be glad there were no tourists on board the grounded Aratere.'
OPINION: 'Should Tom Phillips get the $80,000 reward if he turns himself in?'
OPINION: 'The protesters know that we have to do things differently.'
Gisborne letters on mobility parks, shared footpaths, C-list hubris and hobgoblins.
OPINION: Also in today's letters: Luxon's 'C-listers' comment and AT parking permit woes.
OPINION: Also in today's letters – rubbish council comms; that NZDF plane versus ferries.
Readers have their say on issues important to them.
OPINION: 'Council and the Waitematā Local Board are tone-deaf to residents' concerns.'
OPINION: 'The NZEI always talks absolute rubbish, so they should be ignored.'
OPINION: As Sir David Attenborough once said: 'We have a finite environment – the planet.'