A new world

In this year, 2012, our personal freedoms, environment and biodiversity have become critically endangered by our mismanagement of global resources.

This charter document proposes 10 fundamental principles on which to grow an entirely new world society based on fairness, common sense and survival. Once observed, these principles will realise human equality, minimise suffering and injustice, create a cooperative society that promotes progress and technology, and guarantees a healthy, diverse and sustainable world for all species. L O’BRIEN Putaruru tends to look further than ‘‘bottom of the cliff’’ work. My list of possible purchasers of buildings such as that occupied by YWCA was meant partly as a challenge to churches and generous benefactors to support such social assets without expecting a financial profit.

Nevertheless it is typical of proposers of unpopular sell-offs to begin with a much bigger proposal than actually intended .Then ‘‘backing down’’ to a reduction gives the appearance of listening and compromise. .

This process is a bit like the advertisements that exhort us to ‘‘save’’ by buying something at their special price when we would save even more by not buying it at all. JUNE BRIGHT Te Awamutu starting back in 1992. When are the police in this country going to take notice that a large percentage of psychiatrists are ignoring their Hippocratic oath for their own personal gain?company directors are being held accountable as trustees of other people’s money, so shouldn’t these doctors need to be held accountable for their people’s or patients’ health and wellbeing? Why are the police not doing anything about this dishonesty and abuse? ANNETTE HERVEY Hamilton