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Hands off our fireworks, Akld bludgers

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18 Mar, 2023 12:05 PMQuick Read

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A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
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A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

Well, 7000 Auckland screamers say the country can’t have Guy Fawke’s sales of fireworks any more, as the 1.5 million of them bludging off the rest of the country for their roads etc want this. What is so wrong with this picture?

Well, I’m sick and tired of giving my tax money to these fools! Should I start a petition to stop wasting our money? Or am I alone in my thinking?

Paul Kennedy, Ruatoria

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