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❚ I’m a single pensioner in Feilding, where am I going 2 shop now Write Price closing? New World too dear, Countdown not much better. Drive 2 Pack’n Save PN? Petrol cost won’t make it viable. PLEASE can we have a small Pak’n Save like Levin? NANA

❚ Obama’s corporate sponsors missed a golden opportunity to mingle with real New Zealanders. Granted the visit was a short one but even a bit of a walkabout would have endeared him to more than the 1% minority. Robin

❚ Don’t get me wrong, I’m not anti old people, BUT I get really annoyed when they back out of carparks at Pak’n Save, don’t stop & pull back when tooted at, THEN proceed to drive out the wrong way & give me the fingers when they are in the wrong. They’re the first to criticise the young drivers when they need to look at themselves in the mirror.

❚ What’s the BIG picture, budget and actual for the 2009 - 2019 10 year plan? A 6+% rate increase 2018.

❚ This paper has gone backwards. Whatever happen to the Friday local rugby write-up and even the local Monday wrap-up of games. Come on do it for the supporters.

Whetu

❚ Hey Pam, take a chill pill. Surely you’re not rapt with your accidental Tory leader.

❚ To D, fair comment, not all elderly are well off or ‘‘rich’’, but you need to reread the comment Foodstuffs made implying the demographics showed that a New World was appropriate in Feilding. In my opinion, New World is the most expensive and predominantly used by the elderly. That was my point. Floyd

❚ It’s not only old white men who need to move on to allow for diversity and new talent but also women.

❚ As soon as temp drops a few degrees the stinky wood burners startup, time to ban now.

❚ Re Gorge. Corners have been blown back early 1970. To straighten gorge you would have to go about 2km in to tear bank down. Too big a job as rock is rotten. Ray

❚ Good to see letting fees removed for tenants, brings NZ into line with other developed countries. Now what is needed is regulation of property managers who have a lot of control over tenants lives.

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