To the point

THE harsh reality of raising of rates — time to tax the university properties and churches to pay their fair share. Where is this conversation?

Kris Nicolau

Careys Bay

SOME irony in the regular complaining from some Dunedin folk about taxpayer handouts for Queenstown businesses. Perhaps they could let the people of Central Lakes know when they’ll be refunded the decade of Aurora charges that went into your coffers instead of maintenance of our infrastructure.

Shane Norton

Earnscleugh

BY actively planning for no increase in central city parking, the Dunedin City Council is going to make many residents’ lives extremely difficult. The city must transition to more sustainable forms of transport but the present proposed DCC 10year plan gives insufficient time.

Diane Yeldon

Kaikorai

HOW come — as ‘‘essential workers’’ — supermarket staff, cleaners, or bus drivers for that matter, aren’t being prioritised in the (otherwise sensible) Covid19 vaccination rollout?

David Bernhardt

Belleknowes

MEMBERS of the New Zealand Indian community do themselves no favours by complaining about the temporary border closure with India. I applaud this Government’s move. It’s got nothing to do with racism and everything to do with reality, our collective wellbeing, and science.

Paul ElwellSutton

Haast

SO, this is Ms Ardern’s year of the (Covid19) vaccine. Seems to me it has already become the year of vaccine shambles.

Conway Powell

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