Short & Sweet
On Ihuma¯ tao
Simon Wilson should remember David Lange did not have to go to Moutea Gardens in Whanganui to reach a satisfactory settlement.
Bob Sinclair, Sunnyhills.
On rail
$92 million to transport 150 people per day, by rail, for five days a week from Hamilton to Auckland. What difference is that going to make to Auckland’s congestion issues? Mike Baker, Tauranga.
On bugs
We have chomped our way through a vast amount of plant species and eliminated a huge percentage of animals and birds. Now we are starting on the insects. Monarch butterfly fritters anyone?
G M Campbell, Hamilton.
On tourists
I did not realise the Government had decided to implement a tourist tax until I noticed the news that tourist numbers were down. Colleen Wright, Botany Downs.
On Tamihere
Cutting out parts of the CRL project (without specifics) to meet an election promise of freezing rates is beyond lunacy. Matthew Moran, Ponsonby.
On Trump
“It does not matter what people are saying about you so long as they are talking about you.” Don Anderson. Rothesay Bay.
On Brazil
The double horror of Amazon deforestation is that after felling the oxygen-giving trees, vast amounts of precious oxygen are then consumed in burning them. John Hampson, Meadowbank.
On leaders
Our planet is in extreme danger. At the top of the threat list is the staggering low intelligence of leaders and authorities. All the world’s problems can be traced back to this truth. Mark Lewis-Wilson, Mangonui.