A quick word
Before the Government scraps the Auckland fuel tax, it needs to make sure that oil companies will pass the petrol savings on to motorists. It also needs to have an alternative funding method in place, so when the tax stops, Auckland’s transport needs can still be met. Otherwise, it’ll just be more gridlock and more potholes while the oil companies pocket the money that would have paid for all of that.
Jeremy Hall, Hauraki.
Was there any need for the Prime Minister and the Minister of Transport to come to Auckland to announce the end of the Auckland fuel tax? It could easily have been done from the Beehive — we all knew it was coming because they “promised” it.
Greg Cave, Sunnyvale.
Christopher Luxon is adamant there will be no capital gains tax. For somebody with seven investment properties, this is very understandable, it would be like turkeys voting for Christmas. Surely all MPs (and there are plenty) who own properties should not be involved with voting on tax issues that directly benefit their investments.
Vince West, Milford.
So much for The Warehouse selling size six eggs at $5 a dozen to help us with the cost of food. When shopping this week I was shocked and disappointed to find the same size and brand of 12 eggs are now $8. This was such a short special. Barbara Barwick, Gisborne.
Does the new Coalition Government think Te Tiriti was signed on October 31 — Halloween? Because at the moment it seems like it’s all “Trick or Treaty”.
Kim McLeod, Dairy Flat.
If the coalition genuinely wanted to establish Treaty principles, you wouldn’t give the job of drafting the legislation to Act, the party with the slightest respect for the Treaty. A tone-deaf act, we asked for trouble, and we got it. I can’t think of any other subject a bipartisan committee should handle.
Kushlan Sugathapala, Epsom.
So, Hobson proclaimed sovereignty over the South Island by right of discovery. Clearly, he had not heard of Abel Tasman.
CC McDowall, Rotorua.
Iwi leader Mike Smith has gained the right to sue various polluters including Z Energy. I wonder how Mr Smith and his wider wh¯anau have got around the country during the last 30 years — on bicycles? Penny Harlen, Mt Maunganui.
When are much of the media (especially TV1 and TV3) going to finally realise that the National coalition won the election? They got more votes and apart from the smokefree issue, all their other policies were mandated during the election run-up (unlike many of the Labour policies that finally caused their demise). If we don’t be careful we may get competition from Fox News on our doorstep.
Ian MacGregor, Greenhithe.
Why would New Zealand have satisfaction with beating an under-rated South African cricket side? In my my mind you want to beat the best. Gary Stewart, Foxton Beach.
We are often exhorted to respect the opinions of others. In the case of Putin’s interviewer, Tucker Carlson, I will make an exception to this rule.
Larry Mitchell, Rothesay Bay.
When drones become a public nuisance, shoot them down with a bullet.
Bruce Tubb, Devonport.
Some people roll around the floor laughing at Emmerson’s cartoons, while others just roll their eyes.
Mike Wagg, Freemans Bay.