A quick word
All the DHBs have to do is fire the useless middle management and there would be enough money available to solve the nurses’ pay problem. Catherine Curlett, Remuera.
I wonder why Guy Body’s otherwise excellent cartoon yesterday depicted Donald Trump with no legs and Theresa May with only one. Hidden message perhaps? Bill Scott, Ohope.
A correspondent asks how free speech advocates would react if someone from Isis or alQaeda gave a public speech in New Zealand. I wonder which violent and misogynist verses of the Koran might they quote that are not already preached in mosques here? Stewart Hawkins, St Heliers.
A simple solution to Christine Hart’s concerns about gender inequality at hairdressers would be to install a timer in front of each chair and charge $1 per minute.
Dick Ayres, Auckland Central.
It was comforting to read in Alex Davis' article about women on boards that replacing men with women doesn't lower performance. It frees us to pursue our social goal of 50 per cent female representation without costs.
Robert Myers, Auckland Central.
Can someone please tell me what will happen to the battery packs from all these electric cars we are told we should have on our roads. Will the battery packs be recycled?
Carrick Bernard, Mt Albert.
Winston Peters tells the nurses we “do not have the money” to increase their well earned wages. At the same time, the Government can find $8m to fund some group that wants to plant trees. Where’s the priority? Dennis Ross, St Heliers.
Why is it that reports on accidents involving a person in their 70s refer to an “older man” but an “elderly lady”. Women live much longer than men on average and a 73-year-old woman is not elderly.
Clare Boyd, Waihi.
I doubt whether ‘baby blimp’ being flown over London during Trump’s visit will bother him. It bears no resemblance to the US president, the only gripe he may have is that protesters wasted $35,000 on one big balloon that says more about them than him. Glen McKenzie, Avondale.
Otago University researchers are reported to have found an antibiotic, roxithromycin, which costs only $3 for a 10-day course, has achieved a dramatic improvement in a patient with myeloma. Will its cheapness discourage drug companies from further research? Jeanette Grant, Mt Eden.