To the point

WOULD some responsible person tell the newly elected hitchhiking mayor to wear a brightviz jacket. Dressed in black, he is likely to be mistakenly run over as a lump of macadam.

Jim Moffat

Caversham

I WOULD not expect a university of an island nation to slash its marine science programme at a time when the oceans are rising, warming and acidifying at unprecedented rates.

Mike Palin

Belleknowes

L. MCCONNELL’S spoton observation (Letters, 18.10.19) would also apply to Tremain’s daily antiTrump rant.

William Lestrange

Auckland

I REGARD Joe Bennett’s obsession with Trump as healthy.

Murray Davidson

Waverley

YOUR picture of the HMNZS

Otago (ODT, 19.10.19) suggests the ‘‘staff’’ on board would take some rest and recreation. Naval ships don’t have staff — they have a ‘‘ship’s company’’.

John Avis

Oamaru

THE shutting down of bars in the student area has been a very unwise policy indeed. Deprived of formal settings for socialising, where fire and safety regulations are imposed, students will continue to be drawn to congregate at ‘‘wildcat’’ events and that will continue to put lives at risk.

Pat Duffy

Opoho

It was very appropriate that members of NZ First attending their annual meeting wore cowboy hats.

W. Petty

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