A quick word

The awkwardness some schools are having in offering a so-called unisex or gender-neutral option in their school uniforms baffles me. How difficult can it be to list the acceptable components without sorting them into “boys” and “girls” categories?

Morgan L Owens, Manurewa.

Designers of most international airports create a crossover area for passengers to mingle as they transfer flight to flight. This may be one of the crucial transfer points for the COVID-9 that quickly makes the world into a mall.

Rob Buchanan, Kerikeri.

We pay for traffic planning and this council does not deliver. I don’t need to go to Syria or Iraq — AT have brought them to me.

Q W Miller, Te Atatu.

When you get a “gaggle” of politicians under different political “flags” they will collectively be dishonest in the area of donations, one party being as bad as the others.

Dennis Pennefather, Te Awamutu.

When Harvey Weinstein was asked by reporters how he thought his case was going to go, his reply was something like, “No problem, I have great lawyers”. Poetic justice at its finest.

Glenn Forsyth, Taupo.

What’s wrong with students staying in China and having correspondence lessons from here until this is all over? Richard Amery, Rotorua.

Kids who stay up late are more likely to be overweight. I don’t suppose, maybe it is because if they go to bed at 7 or 8 they do not have supper?

Bob Wichman, Botany.

It beggars belief that our leaders advocate selfisolation for incoming coronavirus carriers. Imagine advocating selfregulation for Auckland traffic.

Rex Smith, Mt Roskill.

The Year of the Rat is becoming the year of The Plague.

J Livingstone, Orakei.

Many of the people who claim to be discriminated against often seem to be simply seeking special treatment for themselves. Gary Andrews, Mt Maunganui.

Speed is only a factor in accidents: accidents are caused by bad drivers driving badly. The solution is not to reduce the speed limit . . . the solution is to ban bad drivers for a suitable period and then make them resit the driving test before they are given back their licence and allowed back on the road.

Gerald Payman, Mt Albert.

If China had allowed the free flow of disease information, people would have voluntarily taken precautions to protect themselves, and the disease might have still been under control.

Jeff Liu, St Johns.

I record rugby games so I can scroll through the scrum resets. This way I have more time in my life. Colin Nicholls, Mt Eden.