A quick word
The teachers unions are biting the hand trying to feed them when they merely licked the hand that starved them before.
Jeff Hayward, Auckland.
I wonder if nearly 90 per cent of primary teachers were male whether we would be having a teachers’ strike. Or indeed whether such a disparity in salaries compared with male dominated professions would have been allowed to continue. Mark Holms, Piha.
The news bulletin showed our esteemed Prime Minister getting out of a transit van to meet constituents somewhere “down country”. I heard her say it was essential to watch travelling expenses, obviously a jibe at the Leader of the Opposition. All quite amazing and juvenile in the extreme.
Nan Cotter, Waiheke Island.
A competition open to everyone should be organised to come up with the best options to link Takapuna’s Anzac St the carpark to the coast. Mayor Phil Goff and Chris Darby should ensure Panuku Developments is not allowed to “throw the baby out with the bath water“.
Bruce Tubb, Belmont.
OMG! I know four Christinas, 19 Johns, I have a dark secret, sickness in my family, I absolutely adore animals, I’m in love with a man called Michael and I drive a pink Aura. Siena’s psychic has channelled my spirit by mistake. Who knew? Peter Lange, Mt Eden.
Of course drivers should be fined for parking on a grass berm. Pleading ignorance is no excuse, it is laziness. Councils should get cracking and beautify berms with shrubs. Meantime, issue parking tickets.
Judith Bouwman, Torbay.
The “well known shearer and shearing contractor” who died after a “tragedy” was not a victim of the quad bike but was another rider who underestimated its limits. Too many riders take their bikes to places they were never designed to go.
Richard McMillan, Invercargill.
Act seems to think the take-up of the energy supplement is a rort. Perhaps so, if people on high salaries have not opted out. Surely the payment could have been restricted to pensioners and others of similarly low incomes.
A J Petersen, Kawerau.
If foreign investors are not buying houses in New Zealand, why is the Real Estate Institute concerned these nonexistent buyers are prevented from buying property?
Lyall Dawson, Sandringham.
The deodorant ad on TV with Julian Dennison which maligns Australian personal hygiene is offensive. He would be wise to avoid demeaning roles in the future. Personal criticism is never a good policy.
Dave Miller, Rotorua.