ONLINE COMMENT

On Labour leadership

If we don’t have an effective Opposition then we are going to keep getting. dirty deals from our not-so-clean elites. — Fred H The factions in the Labour Party don’t see anything being as important as their particular obsessions. They’re a coalition of single-interest groups who believe if any one of them can’t have their way, nobody will. — Anne R

On Pike River

Although I empathise with the affected families, safety must be the first and foremost consideration. — Stephen John If it was a gold mine with gold still down there instead of bodies, do you think that mine would have been reopened by now?

— Carlos Ropehana

On information requests

Public servants are obliged in all their decisions to decide to the best advantage to the taxpayer. If that’s not happening, there needs to be a clean out.

— James Growley

On police statistics

So sad that people are so worried about statistics that they have to fudge them . . . not what I would expect from the upholders of the law. — Bruce Z

On ‘green’ business

“Green” companies are scams in the order of snake-skin salesman. Just one of many tumours popping up as a result of the greatest rort in human history — humancaused global warming. — Rick Scientists who believe climate change is happening and man-made are in the vast majority. Stop listening to denialist cranks.

— Dave B