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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: 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.'

Letters: The price of housing is not a greedy rip-off

OPINION: Many maintain that housing prices should, in some way unexplained, cost far less.

Letters: Housing costs driving crime; Ginny Andersen’s Mark Mitchell quip

OPINION: & cynical corporates: 'Reminds me of plastic tikis being sold in souvenir shops.'

Letters: The roadworks are necessary; and who should pay for a new Auckland stadium?

OPINION: 'The same petty criticism is happening all across the city.'