A quick word

It beggars belief the plum jobs parliamentary people, such as Goff and Mallard, get after doing their previous one with such little merit. Glenn Forsyth, Taupō.

I think Foster and co have shown disrespect for the Japanese rugby team with the team they have picked. Remember what happened to the South African team. Jock Mac Vicar, Hauraki.

The structure of the Security Council makes the entire United Nations an empty, ineffectual farce. Graham Steenson, Whakatāne.

For anyone wanting to get an update on the state of the nation, they cannot go past Bruce Cotterill (WH, Oct. 22). WRH Ramsay, Kerikeri.

I enjoy reading Bruce’s articles. He is able to articulate exactly what I think.

David Brown, Waiuku.

Michael Walker (WH, Oct. 22) needs to understand the whole water circulation system in Auckland is failing, although maybe not as badly as Wellington. You have two choices as to how this is funded: rates or taxes. If it’s rates, they are going up by a hefty amount.

J McCormick, Gisborne.

For those of us educated at a slightly different level to Topher Richwhite and Bridget Thackwray can someone please explain how tooling around less developed countries in a gas-guzzling Jeep aligns with “promoting environmental issues”? L Gourlie, Christchurch.

Why, oh why, didn’t someone more grownup “influence” them to not do something so stupid?

James Archibald, Birkenhead.

What is an influencer? I would have thought that at best, anyone who writes an opinion to the editor, on occasion, influences.

John Ford, Taradale.

Could we swap the two influencers for a couple of ICU nurses?

Steve Russell, Hillcrest.

Planting trees to offset continued pollution may be all well and good, but only until the next wildfire comes along and those carbon credits literally go up in smoke.

Morgan L. Owens, Manurewa.

Maybe ANZ could share some of their fat with us who took the hit on our KiwiSaver funds due to their poor investments? Rob Buchanan, Kerikeri.

Steve Braunias in The Secret Diary of . . . Jacinda Ardern (WH, Oct. 22) was on sparkling form. Thanks for the wonderful humour.

Lorraine Kidd, Warkworth.

To your editorial on Shakespeare funding (WH, Oct. 22) I say: Bah, humbug!

Ian Uhlmann, Te Atatū South.