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■ The arbitrary and scrappy presentation of the Māori language is not helpful. If we are serious about increasing the knowledge of Māori in the population it should be compulsory in schools up to year

10. After all, it is an official New Zealand language and deserves to

be treated as such. TimBrown

■ ‘‘... our government is the worst offender...’’ Nonsense. The worst offenders in this are those who waste their minds complaining about the use (and, I suspect, the existence) of another language instead of learning some of it. R1100

■ J, if the QV increases on a property, rent does not need to increase. Just because rates go up, the increase does not need to be

passed on to the tenant. Greed is the reason rents increase. Malcolm

■ Road safety ads are done by grifters looking to make a buck out of a useless and paranoid minority. Learn defensive driving, people. If those ‘‘boy racers’’ exist they didn’t build those cars themselves then put them on the road, more grifters dragging on the coat tails of real enthusiasts or past enthusiasts. Cars are all junk now, heyday’s

over.

■ I’ve stated many times that these lawless little thieves are not worried because judges don’t use the full power of the law. So put it on the parents, it all starts at home, good and bad.