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■ PNCC, some businesses in city have already increased prices. Residential ratepayers shouldn’t have to subsidise commercial properties.

■ Utterly deplorable that funding for GP services is woeful but government can find $700 million for a ‘‘separate’’ Māori health authority. What the hell?

■ Why is it that ever since the railway was taken out of The Square successive councils and CEOs have felt it necessary to redesign Te Marae O Hine/ The Square instead of getting on with the mundane work of looking after our river and infrastructures? Jack

■ Countdown price freeze a big have. They bumped everything up beforehand. 1kg value metric cheaper at Pak’N Save then Countdown 1kg homebrand, which was about $10, now $13.50. Grandad

■ PNCC, please come down to the real world and stop spending taxpayers money on airy-fairy projects until things like our sewerage and other core infrastructure is sorted out.

■ Anonymous texter, Saturday: The ‘‘underprivileged Pākehā’’ have benefited from three or four generations of government policies strongly skewed in their favour. Don’t complain so readily about Māori being compensated for past injustices. R1100

■ Great article Saturday about the Young Adult List court system. Hope we can have zero tolerance for crime and creative solutions for offenders. No need for ‘‘hard or soft on crime’’ argument. Muzz

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