PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Listen carefully to Govt’s narrative; self-serving public servantsOPINION: 'Another classic case of a lack of regular maintenance and engineering checks'.09 Apr 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Don’t cut jobs at these govt departments; pointless student climate protestsOPINION: 'MPs are just public servants too, aren’t they?08 Apr 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Putting cancer patients first; public sector pushbackOPINION: 'Are these scenarios examples of either cynical politics or self-interest?'07 Apr 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: The danger of kids behaving badly; don’t reverse the smacking banOPINION: 'The solution to the problem of student behaviour starts at home.'06 Apr 06:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: The real reasons for truancy; Russell Coutts and dolphin delaysOPINION: 'The risk Coutts accepted bit him on the backside. That’s business.'05 Apr 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Executives' pay and a job for life; truancy spawns 'Gen-Uneducated'OPINION: 'A bit like our sacked MPs who turn up as advisors to private business.'04 Apr 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: How do you get an increased police presence; airport’s free rideOPINION: 'Why is the ordinary ratepayer subsidising air travellers?'03 Apr 04:00 PM
Letters to the EditorLetters: Helicopters over Tainui Reserve a costly exerciseOPINION: Questioning out-of-town helicopters, and a call to buy Napier's medical centre.02 Apr 09:28 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Where is banks' duty of care on scams?; Easter trading follyOPINION: Good teachers should not be accountable to a nationally imposed system.02 Apr 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: A taxing question; exercising prudence; abhorrent abuse; end of lifeOPINION: 'There is increasing talk now about the viability of taxation reform.'01 Apr 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Consecutive governments have failed our youthOPINION: That the behaviour of NZ students is the worst in the OECD is no surprise.31 Mar 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Filtering out the porn; why classroom behaviour is getting worseOPINION: 'Our new Government has an opportunity to demonstrate compassion.'30 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Twin harbour bridge Auckland's solution; the separate study area debateOPINION: 'Build a new bridge, right beside the existing one, on the eastern side.'29 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: 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.'27 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Why punish disabled children and their parents; NZ doesn't need tax cutsOPINION: The promise of tax cuts was only an election bribe to help get into power.26 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Why NZ needs a wealth tax; Russell Coutts and the dolphin dramaOPINION: 'It’s bye bye Russell and three cheers for the dolphins.'25 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: SailGP event cancelled, scams and sympathy and our dreary national anthemOPINION: Next time, stick to Auckland for sailing events.24 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: No justice for scam victims; lose the haka and anthems before rugby gamesOPINION: Ban all of these silly pre-game tribal exhortations and get on with the game.23 Mar 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Te reo Māori enriches us all; World Rugby’s restructureOPINION: 'The saviour of rugby needs to come from World Rugby at breakneck speed.'22 Mar 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Tackle tobacco use like the vape crackdown; this Govt needs to show some kindnessOPINION: 'Spitting has no place today.'21 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Is this how the Govt treats our vulnerable disabled?; Kāinga Ora crackdownOPINION: Will this Govt succumb to foot-in-mouth disease?20 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Evicted parents can only blame themselves; reaction to Peters’ Nazi Germany commentOPINION: 'Learn to behave and live in harmony with your neighbours.'19 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Winston Peters' 'total arrogance' in speech; spitting tacks at protestOPINION: 'What is this country coming to... rude protests, spitting and violence.'18 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Jacinda Ardern film, te reo Māori and amount spent on welfare, foodbanksOPINION: Why should NZ fund a huge chunk of cost on a film about Ardern?17 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: 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.16 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Drastic infrastructure overhaul needed; always wear a seatbelt on a flightOPINION: 'Seat belts should be mandatory on all aircraft at all times'.15 Mar 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: We’re all vulnerable to online scams; yesterday’s solutions to tomorrow’s transport problemsOPINION: 'We cannot just keep building more motorways through the suburbs'.14 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Wealthy the winners with this Govt; defending raised pedestrian crossingsOPINION: 'We should be encouraging gang members to be useful members of society.'13 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Democracy in danger as laws rammed through; supermarket terror blameOPINION: "Is it democratic for a Government to bypass select committees on these issues?"12 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Landlord tax breaks aren't a 'success', firefighters' speed bump fearsOPINION: 'Does this Government intend to worsen the social divide?'11 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Leave Victoria Park aloneOPINION: I can't see any reason for Victoria Park to be converted into a cricket stadium.10 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Political posturing over Premier House; puerile TV advertisingOPINION: 'Was there no compassion in the judge’s heart?'09 Mar 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Kids need school lunches for nourishment, TVNZ jobs cuts amount to censorshipOPINION: 'It is the right of all New Zealanders to be informed via a reliable source.'08 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Life, liberty and school lunches; Premier House is worth preservingOPINION: 'Why are we waiting until lunchtime to feed children?'07 Mar 04:00 PM