A quick word
The death of the first human to “float” outside an Earth-orbiting spacecraft, in 1965, recalls the global excitement of space in the 1960s, and how inspired activists believed anything was now possible. RIP spacewalker Alexei Leonov.
Rod Matthews, Melbourne.
God created women to comfort men? Really? In marriage, comforting one’s partner is a twoway street with a man equally responsible for comforting a woman. Gary Hollis, Mellons Bay.
From a little seed, with a great speed, a green plant grows, a grass or a rose. I await a sweet flower, who has above me a power.
Kuhta Sergey Vasilievitch, Nikolaev, Ukraine.
It’s a shame the whole Rugby World Cup wasn’t cancelled before it begun because of the weather and played somewhere else through Sky Sports.
Glenn Forsyth, Taupo¯.
A dubious, inappropriate replacement cost revaluation of $2.4b for the railways, huge deferred infrastructure expenditures mainly for roading and overtaxation due to tax rate “creep” . . . does not a surplus make.
Larry Mitchell, Rothesay Bay.
I cannot understand how all the British media and all the Six Nations rugby coaches found out that us Kiwis actually organised the typhoon in Japan just so the All Blacks would have an advantage.
Phil Chitty, Albany.
Can this government tell us how to eat trees? That seems to be the challenge facing us because they want to fill the countryside with trees instead of sheep, beef and dairy cows.
A J Petersen, Kawerau.
It’s suggested Herald cartoonist Emmerson, is the President of the New Zealand Labour Party. This is remarkable given his full-time role as Chairman of the US Democratic National Committee.
Stewart Hawkins, St Heliers.
Like John Roughan, historical apologies make me uncomfortable. My concern being the cash content.
Don Anderson, Rothesay Bay.
We don’t need rowdy Extinction Reb-hellions on our streets — we need education on extinctions in our science academies, classrooms and media. Viv Forbes, Washpool, Qld.
Former Auckland councillor Mike Lee can look back on a public life well-served. We are unlikely to see the likes of Mike again.
Gerry Hill, Ponsonby.
We require citizen adherence to a multitude of laws. It seems odd we do not require the vote of adults in elections where the results hold significant consequences for all.
Sam Clements, Hauraki.