A quick word
It is a shock to read 12 popular beaches are unsafe for swimming because of contamination with human waste. One can almost guarantee a large proportion of people will ignore the warning signs. Judith Bouwman, Torbay.
Doesn’t the dreadful case of the Chatham Island woman attacked by her dogs give fervent hunters some idea of the needless terror they expose wild animals to in their “sport”?
Ken Duffin, Papakura.
Cadbury have made their chocolate sickly sweet, their bars smaller and their hard chewy caramel chocolates soft as mush. We defected to Whittakers long ago.
L. Nelson, Kohimarama.
I am appalled that Trump ordered Air Force 1 to fly to Iraq for a three hour speech to US troops, wasting hundreds of tonnes of fossil fuel on an uninvited trip.
Rob Buchanan, Kerikeri.
We continually learn about all sorts of records being exceeded year-on-year — perhaps our increasing population has something to do with these results.
A. J. Petersen, Kawerau.
Would a chap at deep square leg for the Submarine Cricket Club need scuba gear?
Dean Donoghue, Papamoa Beach.
A brown woman with considerable power strikes her new staff member and it is somehow white men’s fault. Does anyone else wonder why men make no progress with fixing our violent society. Paddy Grant, Stanmore Bay.
It’s about time we dropped the requirement for TV cricket test commentators to wear suits and ties.
John Clements, Orewa.
I am all for a four-year election cycle but this will need to be debated in the context of other issues if we later become a republic.
Alan Milton, Cambridge.
There is a difference between a wall which was separating a German city and an existing fence or wall separating two countries.
Bruce Woodley, Birkenhead.
A grille over the engines of aeroplanes could include a device like a windscreen wiper to clear blockages such as birds or be cone-shaped. J. Harrison, Kohimarama.
If Barrie Cavill googled “Biblical contradictions” he would see the Bible has many contradictory “facts”. Contradictory “facts” can be described as fantasy.
Peter Cleghorn, Kerikeri.
The second coming [of Christ] is neither fact nor fantasy, it is a belief and a belief is something you choose to accept as against its alternative. Gerald Payman, Mt Albert.