A quick word

PM Christopher Luxon constantly uses hyperbole when being interviewed. He is sounding like Donald Trump repeating the same talking points but mentioning few solutions. Did he get coached by a Trump adviser? Noeline Wood, Green Bay.

It is discouraging that yet again the office of the PM has been vandalised. I understand someone has footage. That should be made public so the perpetrator can be held to account, and charged accordingly. Including, also, to clean up their own disgraceful mess. Colleen Wright, Botany Downs.

Using your phone while driving deserves a huge fine, maybe prison time, as we know distraction is what causes most accidents in New Zealand. Where I live, on a corner section with a lot of traffic, I see it all. If I was a police officer my pen would be dry from the tickets issued. Hit these people very hard, not with a bus ticket. Gary Stewart, Foxton Beach.

Great to see the Countdown rat infestation has been controlled and the rats have gone. Can we now have a similar campaign to clean up the rodent population in Parliament?

Garry Wycherley, Awakino.

So Nicole “NRA” McKee wants to bring back semiautomatic machine guns. What brilliance. Why not give kids handguns for protection too? Such enlightenment would get her a job with Trump. Bill Fletcher, New Lynn.

So far, tobacco lobbyists have had their way with our Government, pro-gun lobbyists are in the process of having their way, and our Government is making it easier for lobbyists to gain access to politicians. Does anybody remember John Key’s Cabinet Club? Ken Taylor, Ma¯ngere.

I don’t know if this has occurred to the fevered brains of the Government, but all gang members have to do to not display gang patches in public is to wear their jackets inside out. Christopher Simmons, Papatoetoe.

There is a difference between NZ gangs and the mafia. Gangs wear patches, while the mafia wear Italian designer suits, infiltrating government and business organisations.

Chris Kaelin, Te Awamutu.

I can understand Te P¯ati M¯aori supporting rangatiratanga, but gangatiratanga?

CC McDowall, Rotorua.

Captain Christopher Luxon and his two copilots Winston Peters and David Seymour seem hellbent on continuing to fly into the path of a selfinflicted period of severe turbulence which could very well end up in a terminal crash landing. Bruce Tubb, Devonport.

We must be very careful that Auckland’s urban southern sprawl does not destroy Pukekohe’s fertile land. This land is vital to our fresh food production; any move to muscle it out of town and replace it with concrete and houses will never be recovered. John Ford, Napier.

Why so much negativity from the media about the newly elected Government’s plans for combating crime? They don’t seem to recognise that this Government is trying to address the escalating gang problems that were left by the Labour Government. We all deserve to live our daily lives without fear. Wendy Tighe-Umbers, Parnell.

Recent revelations of the extent and depth of Labour’s incompetent, duplicitous, possibly criminal, financial mismanagement over the last six years are deeply shocking. Their supporters must be feeling ill and their many media apologists should rediscover objectivity free of bias.

Larry Mitchell, Rothesay Bay.