Disgraceful ticket scam hurting concertgoers

WHEN are the authorities going to stop the ticket racket which blights major concerts in New Zealand?

Another example this weekend (ODT, 11.3.19) of Viagogo selling on tickets.

Google are equally to blame for promoting Viagogo on their search site in first place. Presumably, the payment to Google for preferential spot is so great that fairness takes second place.

I was similarly affected at the Melbourne tennis last year, and it is a body blow when it happens.

Is it really that difficult or impossible for someone to sort this disgrace out, once and for all, for all future concertgoers?

Arthur Bryan

Wanaka

Waterfront bridge

IN his reply to your correspondent in respect to relative bridgecostings (ODT, 27.2.19), the Dunedin City Council transport group manager replied: ‘‘A bridge of this scale will require more complex engineering and significantly more construction work than the bridge over the Leith’’.

I find his use of the word ‘‘will’’ to be most significant, and take it to mean that a decision has already been made to proceed with this scheme in the face of whatever citizen objections or engineering impediments may come to light.

Remember, this is the same body which inflicted upon the rest of us the ludicrously inappropriate ‘‘fangs’’ on the foreshore, so this latest announcement does not inspire confidence on any level. Ian Smith

Waverley

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Cruise ships

A HEADLINE — ‘‘Cruise ship milestone heralds bright future’’ (ODT, 12.3.19) — caught my attention.

According to a 2016 report from the European Environment Agency, cruising is at present the most emission-intense mode of transport in the world. One cruise ship in our harbour each day has the carbon footprint of 2000 cars.

Add a few aeroplanes to the mix and how bright does that make our future? Judy Knox

Mosgiel