Time for Treaty stupidity to be relegated, history corrected

Speaking as a native New Zealander, it was very brave of the Herald to publish Bryan Johnson’s letter to the editor (letters, HoS, September 30). I dare you to emblazon the same on the front page of the Herald and demand some action. Many New Zealand citizens have pushed for the Government to acknowledge our true founding document to no avail. It has been “hidden away” and “ignored” for far too long.

The pressure from the taxpayerfunded billion dollar “elite Ma¯ ori sovereignty” and “corrupt Waitangi Tribunal” business. Time for history to be corrected and time for Treaty stupidity to be relegated to where it belongs. Neil Denby, Matamata

Pay essential workers

The solution to paying teachers, nurses and doctors a decent wage is to cut bloated Government bureaucracies and quangos. In essence, pay people that provide essential services and minimise those that don’t. Economics 101. John Clements, Orewa

Antiquated sport view

I am a little unsure in which decade Kris Shannon’s mind resides but his attitude regarding sport feels rather antiquated (Sport, HoS, September 30).

I find his assertions that softball is a women’s game somewhat sexist, disingenuous and factually inaccurate. This is surely harmful. By labelling a sport gender specific his views will do nothing but potentially deter young boys from taking up a sport they may be very good at and more importantly, may enjoy.

Furthermore his promotion of baseball over softball is based entirely on the potential earnings in the sport; this may go some way to explaining his mindset. William Wright, Rotorua

Pride at PM’s speech

I was absolutely proud of our Prime Minister at her inaugural United Nations speech. But disappointed at the poor attendance. Just goes to show that the majority of countries are not interested in saving our planet quite yet.

Only one pedantic moan though, please Ms Ardern, do start to learn to say “women” (“wimmen”) when using it in the plural. Tony Lawson, Northland

Money talks for Cup

It is clear after the speedy decision by the Environment Court to extend Hobson Wharf by 74m for the America’s Cup that money still talks. Bruce Tubb, Belmont

Peters is right on values

New Zealand has evolved from a Judeo/ Christian values system which has evolved with civilisation over the centuries. We don’t pretend to be perfect, but continue to strive towards that goal, and that is why many less fortunate want to immigrate to New Zealand.

Those who are desperate to make NZ their home, are attempting to escape from tyranny, oppression, corruption, cruelty, injustice, inequality, intolerance, insecurity, tribalism, no human rights including education, free speech and denial of dignity.

However, these potential immigrants must be made to realise that the values, traditions and ethical systems of their homelands from which the are attempting to escape are the very cause of which they are trying to escape from.

Winston Peters (pictured) is right. We do not want immigrants who are not prepared to integrate in our society and embrace our values system that are the very core of what makes NZ so attractive to them.

Commentators argue that there are major problems introducing and policing an appropriate vetting system.

I argue that these are challenges that must be met before we fall into the same trap that the EU, and other nations have fallen into.

Creative thinking and common sense, is the solution to this challenge. Brian Main, Hamilton