Short & sweet

On West

I don’t remember an outcry from schools when Outrageous Fortune ( all six series) was being screened. Could it be that the schools are looking for an excuse for their falling rolls? Brian Giles, Hauraki.

On Jacinda

My advice to Jacinda Ardern is she should spend the time to the next election grooming herself to be Prime Minister and leave the policy trivia to her minions. Ashley Clarke, Beach Haven

On election

Houses for sale advertised in Chinese shouldn’t present a problem shortly. David Tolmie, Mt Eden.

On water

A question for the politicians. If farmers are to be charged for the use of water when their paddocks are in deficit, do they get a credit when the paddocks are in surplus? Helen Boyd-Alspach, RD Dargaville.

On Peters

No, not all NZ Super recipients get letters from Work and Income NZ. I do but most of my retired friends do not. The Ministry of Social Development is probably too busy to bother to check if they have the correct address. Frances Dallas, Mt Maunganui.

On violence

It is perplexing that the same “ruthless traits of beer drinking, bruising, smashing, nose breaking, break you in half” attributes Alan Duff put in his character Jake the Muss, he praises in Sir Colin Meads. Brian John Evans, Mt Eden.