Welcome visitor
My puriri and guava tree are visited by a kereru every year. I lean out my back door and call softly, “You are most welcome”.
Dame Tariana Turia has just implied permission to serve up a beautiful New Zealand treasure whenever there is a special occasion on the marae. She seems to want it to be a normal practice.
Shame on her. I am so angry at how little she cherishes our own wildlife.
Karen Rennie, Henderson. Letters to the editor should be sent to: Box 32, Auckland. Fax number: (09) 373-6421 Email: letters@nzherald.co.nz Letters should not exceed 200 words and must carry the author’s signature, name and residential address. Emailed letters must include a full residential address and phone number, allowing a check on bona fides. Attachments will not be accepted. Noms de plume are not accepted; names are withheld only in special circumstances at the discretion of the editor. Letters are not normally acknowledged and may be edited, abridged or discarded.