HEROIC GATLAND HAS IT WRONG THIS TIME

Though we understand that sport is now professional, attracting huge sums, what’s happened to the old values of an institution such as the British Lions being ‘‘British’’? Lions coach Warren Gatland, hero of all Welsh rugbyminded people, this time seems to have put success above patriotism in naming two Kiwi players in the squad. Employment Contracts Act. However, in a series of piecemeal changes over the past four years, in reality the ECA is back with a vengeance ( Law changes more than just technical, April 30).

Why has the National-led Government attacked the most vulnerable of workers by reintroducing youth rates and allowing employers to dismiss workers within 90 days, to name

They are Sean Maitland and Dylan Hartley, who seem out of place in a British Isles squad – especially Hartley, who is very unpopular, having bitten an opponent – who are coming to play in Australia, which is already hostile toward Kiwis. Surely their presence will fuel even more hostility?

Many British rugby players just two? Now, other proposed amendments will remove the Employment Relations Act requirement for employers to conclude collective negotiations.

All these measures have reduced and will reduce the rights of workers at a time when unemployment figures are double what they were in 2008.

All this means that unscrupulous employers have will have waited for this maybe once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play for their country, only to be devastated to see players from the far side of the world take their place. MIKE and JOANNA HOWARD Owners, Welsh Dragon Bar,

Wellington City been given the whip hand – again. BILL NAIRN Stokes Valley