A quick word

If the Government refuses to delay the election it will call into doubt the validity of the vote. It is unethical and undemocratic that Opposition parties are precluded from campaigning while the Leader of the Labour Party is on television every day.

David Morris, Hillsborough

National MPs should be ashamed of themselves when they virtually accuse the Government of a Covid conspiracy. The last thing this virus should be about is politicking between parties.

Rex Head, Papatoetoe

Just love the comments “those idiots queuing up at the supermarkets”. I find myself going to the supermarket, as I do from time to time, and forced to queue because of all those idiots.

Petrus van der Schaaf, Te Arai Point

The picture on the front page of the New Zealand Herald says it all. The southern motorway heading to the Bombay Hills and a police roadblock. Completely full of a lot of Covid-19 escapees doing exactly what they, were told to do not, and that was stay home and stop the spread of this disease.

Nigel Bufton, Pa¯uanui

We’ve just spent six months in a leaky boat! Thanks for the prediction Split Enz.

Warwick Maxwell, St Heliers

I am sick and tired of the letters of praise for “saints” Jacinda Ardern and Ashley Bloomfield. The logistical preparation for pandemic was woeful and Bloomfield has avoided the spotlight to date. The initial response by Ardern to Covid-19 was, contrary to the propaganda, late and inadequate; we were simply lucky. The “Great Communicator”, Ardern, cannot articulate any plan for either Covid-19 or the greater economy. Hopeless.

Stewart Hawkins, St Heliers

To those people who have tried to exit Auckland and been turned back, if you were in Melbourne a $2000 instant fine, here you just get a warning. Fine the people, it would act as a deterrent to others. How selfish the Aucklanders were that left the city at 5am on Wednesday to head to their holiday homes, apparently the motorway was like peak hour traffic.

Wendy Galloway, O¯ mokoroa

We will beat this new outbreak of the virus; we can tighten up procedures where necessary; we do still have some billions of dollars put aside to rescue businesses and workers. But how many times do we want to repeat this process? The only really civilised course of action for an advanced society is to fight threats to the lives of its citizens, using compulsion and restricting freedoms (travel, work), and to a guarantee a living wage for all in the meantime.

B Darragh, Auckland Central