Celebration of ‘terrorism’ drags on as animals suffer

What are we even thinking?

Why celebrate any sort of terrorism in this day and age. Not that I believe for a majority of the people, carelessly letting off fireworks, that it has anything to do with Guy Fawkes.

Explosives in the hands of idiots is never a good idea, apart from the fact that from the time they go on sale it begins and so it goes on and on way after November 5.

The aforementioned idiots seem to have a severe case of Me-itis whereupon they have no consideration as to what time they deem it okay to set off fireworks.

Late at night, just when you think its safe to take pets out to toilet, off they go again. This all happens after days of stressed shaking, panting and terrified animals, who are in a lot of cases too frightened to go outside at all after a week of bombardment.

A public display if you must, but these people drag it out until after New Year and inflict their selfishness on the rest of us willy nilly .

Time for a change? T. Pritchard Hastings Assets to hold I totally agree with Anna Lorck, Hawke’s Bay Today, November 3.

The more a business can “vertically integrate” other businesses to empower one, the better.

I see this vertical integration of vital importance to all our local and regional import and export businesses. Particularly the businesses currently importing and exporting but more importantly the future businesses that maybe today are not yet in the export or import business but in 10 to 30 years’ time. Give them something to aim for and invest in. Business is buoyant at present, there is plenty of money available from banks and money is cheap to borrow. Now is the perfect time to hold and not sell, borrow against our current valuable asset and forge ahead into the future under our own steam and not beholden to others. I see Port of Napier and Unison as two big assets owned by the ratepayers of Hawke’s Bay.

We need to focus on adding more associated businesses to that portfolio that will enhance the opportunities for more business and in particular, at this point in time, a new wharf.

To borrow and go it alone may be the long way round compared to selling half and getting an instant lump sum but at least we will be the makers of our own destiny.

Who cares how long it takes, what’s the hurry, aren’t we building a future for our kids, and theirs? Properly managed (and that’s the key) the dividends will pay off. Build a strong asset base and preventively keep it secure.

Take the Auckland Harbour Bridge, built in the 50s and paid for in the 80s. Paid for by us and owned by us.

It’s called the Auckland Harbour Bridge, not the ANZ Bridge or the Fu Man Shu Bridge.

We own it and we don’t have to pay any more tolls to travel on it.

I would be happy to put my future dividends from Unison directly into the Port of Napier business.

Tim Claudatos

Napier