In a few words

Does anyone like the music?

I couldn’t agree more with Simon Louisson (Letters, Dec 20) with regard to music at sports events. I am a keen rugby fan but would never go to Westpac Stadium now because of that infuriating music over the loudspeaker system. Hopeless to try and speak to the person you are with, not just at half-time but during multiple breaks in the action on the field. I watch on TV from home now, but still have to use the mute button sometimes (thereby missing what the commentators are saying) to shut out that noisy music. Does anyone out there like it? Whose idea was it to start this? Has anyone in any sport ever asked if the fans want it or if they actually hate it? Maybe it is time to ask.

Lesley Rook, Lower Hutt

A step up from Tinder

Hooray for the Oregon father of three handsome, eligible and yet unmarried sons! Planning a visit to New Zealand and placing an ad in a newspaper requesting assistance from parents here in finding them Kiwi wives sure is a step up from Tinder. Margaret Austin, Mt Victoria

Top, bottom, left and right

Radio and TV weather people constantly and irritatingly refer to Auckland as being at the top, and Invercargill being at the bottom, of the country, instead of north and south. Why, then, do they not refer to New Plymouth as being to the left and Christchurch to the right (political affiliations notwithstanding)?

Rod Shaw, Te Horo

What’s the etiquette?

Now that I no longer use plastic shopping bags, I’m in a bit of a dilemma. I have a boot full of reusable shopping bags – one for each of the shops I frequent. What I want to know is, is it all right to use your Bunnings bag in Mitre 10 or your Countdown bag at Pak’n Save without getting stared at? What is the shopping bag etiquette? Roger Wright, Hastings

Salute to Victoria

Re the change to Victoria University of Wellington’s name, in this year of celebration of New Zealand granting women the vote some 125 years ago, why was the university considering removing the name of a woman from its title? How many universities around the world have the name of a woman in their title?

Pam Stainton, Crofton Downs

Leave Santa alone

In England Father Christmas goes back to the Middle Ages. Coca-Cola commercialised him. Why Ma¯ ori want to interfere with a children’s icon from another race is beyond me, but they certainly kick up enough dust if anyone tries to interfere with one of theirs.

Dorothy Jones, Foxton Beach