There are thousands of people who, like me, are appalled by what Brian Tamaki had to say in his sermon about the cause of earthquakes. One would not expect such hatred and bigotry to come from the mouth of someone describing himself as a Christian, much less the leader of a supposedly Christian church. If this is what Destiny Church promotes, shame.
Thankfully there are thousands of generous and caring people in our country, people who happily give of their time and resources to help those in need, no blame attached, and are happy to work under the radar.
This we have seen in the aftermath of the Kaikoura earthquake, neighbours helping neighbours and strangers helping strangers. A demonstration of caring, not of hatred. That is what Brian Tamaki shoud have been preaching.
PADDI HODGKISS
Rotorua
Last year, at Le Bataclan concert hall in Paris, I was fortunate enough to see the bluesman Seasick Steve sing one of his songs, 'You can't teach an old dog new tricks'. In the song, Steve questions the path he has taken and thinks about changing his style and that maybe there's a few things he ought to fix in his life. But in the end he decides "been this way for a long long while, there ain't nothing I got to fix".
