Rocky shores

Janet Boyle (NZ Herald, November 10) suggested rocks were the answer to beach erosion. She has clearly not been to Waihi Beach where rocks have destroyed the beach because sand is eroded in front of the rocks.

At Waihi the sand in front of the rocks never dries out and you can not walk along the beach for, three hours either side of high tide.

At the time cliffs of sand were restored to sand dunes between the Mount and P¯ap¯amoa by planting native dune plants. The transformation was incredible and may be possible at O¯ rewa. The problems at O¯ rewa and Waihi Beach are probably occurring throughout the country and will only become worse.

Bruce Phythian, Parnell.

Over AT

There seems to be no end to the irritation AT causes on a daily basis. Buses are delayed and/or bunched two together followed by a long wait. Electronic bus signs don’t work. Lower Queen St. and K Rd. are continually being torn up and reconstructed. Can’t we reduce AT’s mandate and demand that they do a smaller number of tasks well rather than a lot of tasks poorly?

Robert Myers, Central Auckland.

Comic capers

Your front page photo (Herald, Nov 9) of the three stooges — Larry Luxon, Moe Peters and Curly Joe Seymour — highlights the problem with MMP. Instead of an elected Government we have ended up with a farce. Until MMP is shown stage left, future elections will produce more of the same. Larry Tompkins, Turangi.

Weather or not

Meteorologists are like economists. They consistently call the wrong outcome for the wrong time. Over the past 6 months we have been threatened with El Nino — dry even hot drought conditions. We have had rain and cold temperatures. We are now being told maybe El Nino will not kick in until January to February 2024. Will inflation and the official cash rate follow the same patterns of prediction?

John Roberts, Remuera.