A brief word
Thank heavens for the Winter Olympics. No embarrassing names for New Zealand sportspeople such as Tall Blacks, Black Caps, Black Sticks . . . No, it’s New Zealand downhill skier, snow boarder or skeleton competitor. Very refreshing.
Barry Amor, Birkenhead.
With all the floods, cyclones, road closing slips, we should not only be thinking of the victims but we should give heart-felt thanks to those who go out in risky conditions to get the road open and the power and other services running again. Adrian Wilson, Northcote.
No wonder our Sky bills are so high when we have about nine commentators doing one-day cricket. What do they do all day other than eating free lunches when they aren’t commentating. All we need are Doull, Styris and Richardson and dump the boring others. Wayne Sparkes, Papamoa Beach.
The pro-gun faction believe the best answer to a bad man with a gun is a good man with a gun. The problem is the US doesn’t yet have a viable system to determine who is who. Lloyd McIntosh, West Harbour.
If all apologies were accepted as adequate contrition, there would be no jails and a much reduced legal system. Kenneth Lees, Whangarei.
It is interesting Grant Dalton of Team NZ thinks any development ideas of VHH for the AmerIca Cup “will be laced with moneymaking self interest”. Does this mean Team NZ are volunteers receiving only their expenses while pushing New Zealand’s profile through their sailing expertise?
Graeme Mackay, Kerikeri.
The proclamation by the Maunga Authority representative that “we do not make decisions by public opinion” bespeaks of another time and another race. Alec Hill, Devonport.
Enough please, Rod Emmerson. Your constant bombardment of ponderous unfunny anti-National cartoons is wearing a bit thin. Mike Newland, Matakana.
Jacinda Ardern and Julie Anne Genter are to be commended for sending a strong message that the partners of highly paid MPs can afford to be stay-at-home parents. Mike Wagg, Freemans Bay.
If, as Trump suggests, school teachers are armed, it’s only a matter of time before a student is shot while reaching into his school bag for a book.
Peter Culpan, Te Atatu Peninsula.