TXT the editor

■ The coward who stabbed the young man in Sandringham should get life with no parole but all we’ll hear is how hard he’s had it, blah blah, he made his bed.

■ Society’s issues need to be considered in a context of macro, meso and micro levels. Solutions need to reflect all three levels.

■ Shopped at Farmers store. Three different departments. All staff very friendly and very good at their jobs. Congrats ladies on making Xmas shopping a pleasant day out.

■ Agree with comment re 16-yr-olds and voting, get a free iphone if you vote for me, comment would get the vote alright, not what policies person stands for, etc etc. WW

■ How many hours a day does PM Ardern spend in front of the mirror practising these fake ‘‘concerned’’ looks she uses.

■ Fix ramraiders: 6 months in boot camp, rest of their education in boarding school in opposite island. Then apprenticeship. Paying their legal fees and prison costs would be better utilised with discipline. No use sending them home – to what?

■ How much of scarce ratepayers’ money was used to put new signage on rubbish trucks and other vehicles? Surely money could be better spent.