A quick word
Well done David Seymour. Free school lunches should not equate with dinners. For generations, children have eaten sandwiches which can be varied to provide meats, cheeses, vegetables, dried fruits and chopped nuts for the fussiest of eaters. Add a milk drink and you have plenty of calcium too. That may be a boring meal when dished up five days a week but it is cheap and nutritious, providing plenty of energy to sustain hungry children for a day’s schooling.
Joan Carter, Dannemora.
David “woke food” Seymour has just insulted the Asian section of NZ. Not smart.
Roger Laybourn, Hamilton.
The thought-provoking and well-constructed editorial analysis of current Warriors’ woes provides a welltempered view of the team playing in one of the world’s toughest sports leagues. Too much hysteria of winning this intensely difficult competition is not helpful, even if there is any inbuilt bias against us cousins across the Ditch. The club can be assured that the loyalists will be there until physically unable to be.¯
Rob Smith, Otahuhu.
With so many dangerous car chases resulting in deaths and serious injury isn’t it about time that severe penalties were brought into force? I would suggest a minimum sentence of five years. That might make them think twice. Driving dangerously is like randomly discharging a gun in public. Sooner or later innocent people are going to get killed and seriously injured. At present it is not treated as a serious crime.
Jock Mac Vicar, Hauraki.
I see Christopher Luxon will donate his pay increase to charity. Will he also instruct his accountant not to claim the tax refund on his charitable donation ($16,665), I wonder? June Sinclair, Highland Park.
If aviation is “the most “damaging transport industry on the planet” why did Green MP Julie Anne Genter fly to the Chatham Islands rather than use a more ecofriendly means of transport.
Gavin Baker, Glendowie.
I wonder if the increase in the number of violent crimes committed by young offenders has any connection to the ban on the physical punishment of children? It would seem we are creating a generation who have no concept of punishment beyond a “telling off ”.
Jeanette Grant, Mt Eden.
Watercare, when no longer the responsibility of the Auckland Council, and “free” to borrow on the open market without government or council backing will inevitably have to pay higher interest rates on its loans. How is this going to translate to lower charges? This looks like preparing the ground for privatisation.
Bob van Ruyssevelt, Glendene.
I understand Mark Mitchell when he talks about being proactive in tackling crime but what on earth does being “forward leaning” mean in that context?
Garry Bond, Hastings.
It gets increasingly boring to continually read about the farce that is the Trump trial. How many threats of contempt of court does it take, how many times is he allowed to harangue the judges and so on. Many who were once aides and looked after his interests have all done time in prison yet he somehow marches above the law it would seem and astonishingly, can even still run for the presidency. As the saying goes, “only in America”.
Paul Beck, West Harbour.