Latest from WC - Opinion

Frank Greenall: Budget puts wellbeing first

It's false language used to describe false economics, but most don't see any dichotomy.

Letters: Choosing how and when to die not suicide for terminal patients

The terminally ill know they are going to die. It's only a choice of how and when.

Letters: Smoke out disadvantaged

At the end of the day, smoking is a personal choice and should remain so.

Letters: Bridge fit for last century

The bridge may well be safe, but safe and adequate are hugely different things.

Letters: Homeless suffer prejudice

Perhaps it's Palliative Care who need to "take their heads out of the sand".

Letters: Avoiding agonising death

We must change our attitude to death and discuss it openly with family and friends.

Letters: Local fuel prices a puzzle

Government needs to determine whether the big oil companies are in genuine competition.

Letters: Let's have a simple traffic fix

We need a practical engineer with an iota of common sense to look for simple fixes.

Letters: Cyclists and shared paths

The walkers are quietly being pushed off the traditional walkways in this town.

Letters: Bus service is essential

Horizons always seem an extra imposition, but at least I can enjoy their buses.

Rachel Stewart: Forget Mars - clean our mess up first

COMMENT: I don't want to go to Mars. I want to get Earth fixed.

Letters: $4m for veterans an insult

Stop giving the likes of Shane Jones $1 billion to waste on hare-brained schemes.

Letters: Put no deadline on justice

Rent offered for confiscated Taranaki lands was termed "moni toto" — blood money.

Letters: Victims need money now

Victim Support drip-feeding the funds adds another layer of hurt for shooting survivors.

Letters: Freedom of speech a myth

Has anyone gone to court to demand that freedom of religion only apply to Christians?

Letters: Time to back Fourth Estate

Our community needs a robust news media to retain a robust democracy.