A quick word
National needs to accept the waka jumping legislation is there and sparing us this one-man circus, JamiLee Ross, would be a reasonable use of it. Neville Cameron, Coromandel.
Jacinda Ardern said 1000 KiwiBuild homes in the first year “was a goal”. She was correct there, an own one.
Ken McIntyre,
Half Moon Bay.
Nick Smith is right to be wary of foreign funding for political parties. But how will the National Party replace it?
Dave Pitches, Cockle Bay.
The contents of AnneMarie Brady’s paper (on China buying influence) are so alarming I wish it was compulsory reading for all politicians, councillors and bureaucrats.
Keith Austen, Paeroa.
Why did it take very expensive inquiries to confirm systemic bullying and harassment at Russell McVeagh and the Fire Service? Are the chief executives of these organisations part of the “old boys’ club” or incompetent and deserve to be sacked? Bruce Tubb, Belmont.
Simon Wilson said “cheap, fast and good” should be the Kiwi housing mantra. At least Twyford is twying, don’t you think?
Tony Kaye, Hamilton.
As a taxpayer I am outraged by the public money wasted at Pike River. We already know the miners are dead and the mining company was negligent. This re-entry will achieve what? Andrew Tichbon, Green Bay.
A correspondent suggests the royal family are a “brood of Tory slackers”. I believe this characteristic would make them more likely to be Labour voters. Stewart Hawkins, St Heliers.
Ninety-seven-year-olds are too stubborn to apologise and should not be behind the wheel. If the Duke of Edinburgh needed to get away he should have taken off on his mobility scooter. Glenn Forsyth, Taupo.
Housing Minister Twyford announced by the end of July, 300 KiwiBuild homes should be built. But how many will have been sold? Mike Baker, Tauranga.
Proud of you Dane Coles. You are a true Kiwi, greed did not come into your mind. Go our mighty All Blacks.
Gary Stewart, Foxton Beach.
If I claim Ngati Tipperary iwi as my whakapapa, will the Government assist me to lay claim to an offshore Ireland? Bryan Johnson, Omokoroa.
A 1975 Herald style book states “Refute is a word to avoid as it means ‘prove the falsity of ’ rather than merely ‘deny the truth of ’; ‘rebut’ is usually what is meant.” Chris Daisley, Mt Roskill.