Rod Emmerson’s view Short & sweet

On dining

Forty-nine central Auckland and adjacent suburbs on the list; one North Shore restaurant; and none from South Auckland, East Auckland and West Auckland? Ridiculous.

H. Anderson, Rothesay Bay.

On livestock

Besides the inhumane treatment of the animals, many of whom died at sea, surely we were shooting ourselves in the foot by providing China with breeding stock which could or would, eventually destroy our meat export trade?

Bob Wichman, Botany.

On TV

New Zealand has three, separate official languages. TVNZ seems intent on merging them into one.

Gary Andrews, Mt Maunganui.

On inflation

I am surprised Richard Prebble ( NZ Herald, April 14) did not use the words “dilution of the currency” to explain why quantitative easing is causing inflation rather than Social Credit. This would have given a better understanding of what is really going on. J F Baker, Remuera.

Richard Prebble: “Everything I predicted is happening — the credit boom will bust us” reminds me of the economist who picked 11 of the past four recessions.

Andrew Montgomery, Remuera.

On vaccine

When Chris Hipkins states we are more or less on target with the vaccination programme, does he mean we are doing more or less than the target figure? And, if there is a target figure, what is it?

J P Kania, Long Bay.