Another triumph?

An online CNN article, and others, reports that DNA tests are being conducted at the Mexican border, apparently in order to help reunite families. How has this gone so wrong? There is no mention of an official commenting “. . . parental verification and ensuring reunification with verified parents . . . ” What on earth does this mean?

Obviously this would have never happened if the children were never separated, but it’s

too late for that now. Was there any attempt to identify people when they arrived, or even to give each person a number to be used for later identification? It’d very poor administration that has caused this problem.

Children over a certain age should be able to identify their parents and vice versa. Anybody under that age should not have been parted. They don’t all look the same.

What if we have a ‘Brady Bunch’ — a blended family or adopted children or families

with multiple closely related adults? This has the potential for some interesting family reunions.

Another Trump triumph? DENNIS FITZGERALD

Melbourne

Matt King isn’t up to the task. He certainly wasn’t regarding Waikeria prison.

Goldsmith raises some salient points, such as Northland PGF applications and receipts compared to the rest of the country, and the need for accountability relevant to governance of any kind.

Many Northlanders might ask National to account for 20 years of neglect of the region — the reason they lost the seat in the 2014 byelection — and might say