Letters: Consecutive governments have failed our youth
OPINION: That the behaviour of NZ students is the worst in the OECD is no surprise.
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Letters: Filtering out the porn; why classroom behaviour is getting worse
OPINION: 'Our new Government has an opportunity to demonstrate compassion.'
Letters: Twin harbour bridge Auckland's solution; the separate study area debate
OPINION: 'Build a new bridge, right beside the existing one, on the eastern side.'
Letters: Building more roads to ruin; is Coutts a modern mariner?
OPINION: 'Renters don't add a lot of value to a house they don't own.'
Letters: Why punish disabled children and their parents; NZ doesn't need tax cuts
OPINION: The promise of tax cuts was only an election bribe to help get into power.
Letters: Why NZ needs a wealth tax; Russell Coutts and the dolphin drama
OPINION: 'It’s bye bye Russell and three cheers for the dolphins.'
Letters: SailGP event cancelled, scams and sympathy and our dreary national anthem
OPINION: Next time, stick to Auckland for sailing events.
Letters: No justice for scam victims; lose the haka and anthems before rugby games
OPINION: Ban all of these silly pre-game tribal exhortations and get on with the game.
Letters: Te reo Māori enriches us all; World Rugby’s restructure
OPINION: 'The saviour of rugby needs to come from World Rugby at breakneck speed.'
Letters: Tackle tobacco use like the vape crackdown; this Govt needs to show some kindness
OPINION: 'Spitting has no place today.'
Letters: Is this how the Govt treats our vulnerable disabled?; Kāinga Ora crackdown
OPINION: Will this Govt succumb to foot-in-mouth disease?
Letters: Evicted parents can only blame themselves; reaction to Peters’ Nazi Germany comment
OPINION: 'Learn to behave and live in harmony with your neighbours.'
Letters: Winston Peters' 'total arrogance' in speech; spitting tacks at protest
OPINION: 'What is this country coming to... rude protests, spitting and violence.'
Letters: Jacinda Ardern film, te reo Māori and amount spent on welfare, foodbanks
OPINION: Why should NZ fund a huge chunk of cost on a film about Ardern?
Letters: Lose school lunches and learn the hard way; has the haka had its day in sport?
OPINION: Wonder why so many ram raids, so much crime, the lack of social cohesion.
Letters: Drastic infrastructure overhaul needed; always wear a seatbelt on a flight
OPINION: 'Seat belts should be mandatory on all aircraft at all times'.
Letters: We’re all vulnerable to online scams; yesterday’s solutions to tomorrow’s transport problems
OPINION: 'We cannot just keep building more motorways through the suburbs'.
Letters: Wealthy the winners with this Govt; defending raised pedestrian crossings
OPINION: 'We should be encouraging gang members to be useful members of society.'
Letters: Democracy in danger as laws rammed through; supermarket terror blame
OPINION: "Is it democratic for a Government to bypass select committees on these issues?"
Letters: Landlord tax breaks aren't a 'success', firefighters' speed bump fears
OPINION: 'Does this Government intend to worsen the social divide?'
Letters: Leave Victoria Park alone
OPINION: I can't see any reason for Victoria Park to be converted into a cricket stadium.
Letters: Political posturing over Premier House; puerile TV advertising
OPINION: 'Was there no compassion in the judge’s heart?'
Letters: Kids need school lunches for nourishment, TVNZ jobs cuts amount to censorship
OPINION: 'It is the right of all New Zealanders to be informed via a reliable source.'
Letters: Life, liberty and school lunches; Premier House is worth preserving
OPINION: 'Why are we waiting until lunchtime to feed children?'
Letters: Air Force 757 woes; Hurricanes Poua haka reaction
OPINION: 'Why didn't they do a test flight prior to this very important trip?'
Letters: Leave food in schools programme alone; the ‘demise’ of rugby
OPINION: 'So far, this Government has done nothing to alleviate child poverty.'
Letters: Nothing iconic about Premier House
OPINION: 'This isn’t an iconic address like 10 Downing Street or 1700 Pennsylvania Ave.'
Letters: Why poverty continues in New Zealand
OPINION: Suburbian response says much about the shameful blight of poverty in Aotearoa.
Letters: Tackle why lost men join gangs; guarding the public purse
OPINION: 'Disillusioned, bored, aimless young men need a purpose.'
Letters: The real child poverty picture; burning questions on smokefree changes
OPINION: 'Big Tobacco poured a lot of money into opposing this pioneering legislation.'
Letters: Government policies risking lives; Newshub closure reaction
OPINION: 'My heart goes out to all those who worked so hard at TV3.'
Letters: Stop talking, start doing on child poverty
OPINION: 'It’s unbearable to think of children going to bed hungry.'
Letters: Slash NCEA exam numbers and ease student stress; gangs don’t have human rights
OPINION: The proposed crackdown on gangs will open a can of worms.
Letters: Gang patch crackdown reaction; tikanga training for realtors
OPINION: 'Mafia dress the same as everyone else and are still in business.'
