LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Where to post a letter

I think it unnecessary to have to go to the old post office to deposit letters.

Imaging running out of stamps on Dec 10. I purchased one book of stamps at New World, only to be told they had gone up in price: $14! If NZ Post wish to do business...If I’d only known...

Not only that, they have removed the PO Boxes from New World plus Paper Plus!. And the nearest one is outside Kiwi Bank. As I have a disability I think it unnecessary to have to go to the old post office to deposit letters.

Incidentally, it was Paper Plus that ran out of stamps.

P Ellison LEVIN

From the Editor:

NZ Post’s website lists the following locations for its posting boxes, for letters. If they are located near or at a shop, like Paper Plus in Levin, the box might be inside the store, rather than outside as is the case with Paper Plus Levin, so can only be accessed during shop hours.

Post your letters here:

■ 228 Oxford Street, Levin

■ 1A Chamberlain St Street, Levin

■ Paper Plus Levin, 201 Oxford Street, Levin 5510 (inside)

■ 79 Queen Street, Levin

■ 128 Oxford Street, Levin

■ 372 Oxford Street, Levin

■ 580 Queen Street, Levin

■ 208 Cambridge Street, Levin

■ 29 Oxford Street, Levin

■ 102 Liverpool Street, Levin

■ 685 Queen Street, Levin

■ Waitarere Four Square, 651 Waitarere Beach Road, Waitarere Beach

■ 1048 State Highway 1, Manakau

■ 45 Balance Street, Shannon

■ 56 Plimmer Terrace, Shannon

■ The Paper Trail Foxton, 62 Main Street, Foxton

■ 22 Main Street, Foxton

■ 38 Ladies Mile, Foxton

■ Triangle Foodmarket, 64 Seabury Avenue, Foxton Beach,

■ 2 Linklater Avenue, Foxton

■ 180 State Highway 1, O¯ taki

■ 43 Main Street, O¯ taki¯

■ 115 Waerenga Road, Otaki

■ 13 Tasman Street, O¯ taki Beach,

■ Te Horo Garden Centre, Hyde Park, Cnr Main Highway & Te Horo Beach Road, Te Horo.

Rubbish

I was raised in Levin, moved away 30 plus years ago. I generally return each year to visit my ageing parents.

Each trip I would enjoy walking around different parts of the town to catch up on the progress or demise of that area. During these walks I have noticed that the parks and gardens are kept beautifully. The lawns are done to a very high standard and gardens are well maintained. I must congratulate the people involved in their upkeep. Job well done.

The dog owners must also be commended as I have only spotted a couple of piles of doo on the curbside.

The downfall which I have found extremely disheartening is the amount of rubbish littered around the streets and gutters. Takeaway drink containers and wrappers, plastic bottles, cans, tissues, shopping dockets are the main offenders. For the first few days I would actually walk with a countdown size bag and collect these items, managing to fill three or four bags in a short walk of four or five kilometres. Within a day or so more rubbish would once again appear.

Pity a few lazy people who have no regard for the town, their environment, or anyone else, are letting you all down.