Rants & Raves: Rubbish city

The miserable sight of an abandoned shopping trolley. Photo / Thinkstock

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Rant
How unbelievably ungrateful are those individuals who use and abuse the Barry Curtis sports park. I returned from my daily walk and was horrified at the amount of rubbish left there. There are plastic and glass bottles, both whole and broken. The parking area is also littered, with broken glass, plastic bottles, and empty food containers.

Jean

Rave
Hamilton is often the butt of many jokes but I would just like to say how impressed I am with Hamilton and Waikato University since moving here from Auckland. The university is a great place to study, with good facilities and everyone being friendly, and Hamilton has a good nightlife scene so I would recommend Waikato for any potential students.

Rory D

Rant
Abandoned shopping trolleys and rubbish left on kerbs for "someone" to collect outside inorganic collection times, driving through red lights and countless other driving offences. When did we become so self-righteous and ignorant of others?

Linda McGill

Rave
A note to the gentleman who stopped at 7am yesterday to help me on the hard shoulder of the Northwestern Motorway, heading towards St Lukes: thank you for your random act of kindness. I'm sorry that you had to reverse over a discarded deckchair to come to my aid. However, you restored my faith in Auckland drivers amid a sea of anti-social behaviour on our roads.

Rebecca G

Rant
Shopping at my local supermarket with my young grandson, he drew my attention to a display of sweets and chocolate at his eye-level which I hadn't noticed before. How cynical of the store to place these just where shoppers queue at the checkout and children must pause right beside them. When I phoned the manager to complain I was told that there is a "sugar-free" aisle for people who choose to use it.

Margaret Bongard

Rave
Many thanks to Ross and Craig from KiwiRail who stopped and assisted us after a collision on the motorway. They guided me to their car to sit, called emergency services, took details from both parties then drove the car to the dealership for me. Also, thanks to Rob at Audi Newmarket for taking photographs of the damage, organising the repairer and calling the insurance company.

Patricia