A quick word

Many people think that supermarkets are in the business of selling groceries. They’re not. They’re in the business of making money and selling groceries is the means by which they do it.

Alan Jenkinson, One Tree Hill.

Whatever happened to the “let the bus go first” policy? D. Cook, Torbay. “National / Act could govern alone — poll” (WH, October 15). I’m confused, which of the two is it that could govern alone? Fiona Sneyd, Hamilton.

The NZ First conference was not even over and already there were more sensible, doable remits than the National Party have thought of this century.

Graham Steenson, Whakatāne.

Wayne Brown finds his new job “ponderous, bureaucratic, and inefficient”. It’s called having to work with other people.

Gavin Kay, Remuera.

Have Aucklanders asked for light rail? For $16m, you might extend the existing heavy rail from Swanson to Kumeu. That would bring considerable relief, I imagine, to West Auckland commuters.

Euan Macduff, Titirangi.

If the name “Queen Elizabeth II Square” was abandoned, that was an insult, and the name must now be changed back. Roger Barnes, Burswood.

So, $370 million to restructure the media. Alzheimers units closing because of a lack of staff. Enough said.

Glennys Adams, Oneroa.

Liz Truss is now entitled to £120,000 a year as an exPM, a token of the nation’s eternal gratitude for absolutely nothing. Rob Buchanan, Kerikeri.

The median age of ramraiders and smash-andgrab criminals is 15. By coincidence, NZ’s antismacking laws were introduced 15 years ago. Peter Judge, Taupo¯.

Presumably, every single person in the world could argue they alone are responsible for an insignificant impact on the climate, and need not change anything. Rowan Hill, Mt Eden.

The Greens will demand more action even when we are begging for food whilst sheltering in caves during the next Ice Age. Stewart Hawkins, St Heliers.

Is this an “imperialist canon” which I see before me?

Mike Wagg, Freemans Bay.

Why is the Government attacking the farming community when the Paris Climate Agreement clearly states all countries should reduce their carbon footprint but not at the expense of food production?

Mike Baker, Tauranga.

It is good the PM and Nanaia Mahuta are concerned rates will rise if Three Waters is not adopted. But this sounds more like a threat to me. Michael Walker, Blockhouse Bay.