A quick word

Tom Lehrer once said satire was dead after they gave Kissinger the Nobel Prize. It is now rolling it its grave. Perhaps after a hot shot of Dettol to the mainline.

Scott Poynting, Newtown, NSW.

I’m disgusted and disappointed in our national broadcaster. It could not even put a Last Post on the TV at 6am Anzac Day and carried on as usual.

Tom O’Toole, Taumarunui.

The sight of queues at food banks prompted me into thinking these people don’t need food, they need jobs.

Gary Hollis, Mellons Bay.

Keep calm and carry on? Australia did and will bounce straight back. We didn’t and we’ll be paying through the nose for our lack of nerve for the rest of the decade.

Will McKenzie, Sandringham.

We don’t need any more advice from rich-listers and overpaid CEOs. We need new ideas, better ideas for our new future. V M Fergusson, Mt Eden.

Simon Bridges and David Clark exemplify the term “bullet proof ”. No matter what they do wrong they don’t get dismissed. Jock Mac Vicar, Hauraki.

Today’s paper (Weekend Herald, April 25) has 11 crosswords, 10 Sudoku and one Code Cracker. Please think of the Code Cracker addicts. Christine Bennett, The Gardens.

As Scott Morrison spoke on Anzac Day in Australia, I wondered if his thoughts could turn to fair treatment of Kiwis working and living long periods there, paying a fair share of tax yet refused basic socialwelfare cover.

Rob Buchanan, Kerikeri.

The greatest chance America has to beat the coronavirus is for the CDC to provide the President with a protective mask that has a gag mechanism. Mary Hearn, Glendowie.

It is easy to understand why the Government claimed the extension was only two days. Most have never worked in the private sector, relying on the taxpayer to keep them instead.

A J Petersen, Kawerau.

To prevent the potential for a fire-sale of land, property and business in the wake of after the pandemic, all foreign exploitative transactions should be banned. Kenneth Lees, Whangarei.

Watercare is again telling us about the water shortage in Auckland. Why do they not front up and tell us why they are not accessing more water from the Waikato river? I understand that we only have access to 2 per cent to 3 per cent of the river’s volume. If that is the case it means 97 per cent to 98 per cent flows merrily out to sea. What a waste.

Bob Wichman, Botany