Whanganui letters: VTNZ 'no mask, no service' policy applied to legitimate exemptions

Kakatahi School students with the goodies purchased thanks to a donation from Grumpy Old Men Enterprises. Photo / Supplied

I have just returned from a trip to get a new warrant of fitness at VTNZ Whanganui. On arrival, I was informed by a nice, polite young man (masked, so I don't actually know how old he is) who noted that I have a legitimate face mask exemption provided by the official government agency, not the fakes being distributed by anti-vaxxers and other protester halfwits.

With great remorse, he stated that VTNZ policy is "no mask, no service" and showed me the company edict. After an amicable discussion, he obtained a copy of that for me and we agreed that I could get my warrant provided that I held a mask in front of my face while in the office making payment. The car passed.

That an organisation such as VTNZ can overrule a governmental edict is beyond my comprehension and that the ever-increasing fee (now $69) shows no sign of slowing down has ensured that my car will never again grace their premises.

D. PARTNER
Eastown

Coal use a concern

Perusing the Chronicle (World News, September 30), I came upon a frightening statistic under the headlines "Power cuts halt factories, threaten supply chains", "Outages in China trigger shutdowns", that would make every greenie have a meltdown. And there it was, the reason given was the "surging prices for coal and gas".

But written in the article was the staggering amount of coal being used to fire their many coal-fired power stations. The statement said China burns 11.3 million tons of coal every two weeks, which would equate to more than 290 million tons of coal burned each year. The emissions entering into the atmosphere must be horrendous.

This is what the greenies of New Zealand should be addressing instead of trying to blame the people of New Zealand for the world's pollution problems. But no, they will continue on because New Zealand is such an easy target.

What I wonder is, how much is this pollution contributing to global warming compared with farting cows?

G. SIMPSON
Whanganui East

Goodbye to freedoms

I have decided to help out those poor anti-vaxxers that everyone is so down on.

I am collecting paper bags for them to put over their heads when the borders open, so they won't be able to see what's coming.

I am also preparing a glossy leaflet with suggested bending exercises, to put in their letterboxes, so they will find it easier in the future to kiss their so-called freedoms goodbye. Hope this helps!

MARY STELLA TAYLOR
Durie Hill

Thank you GOME

Kakatahi School was kindly gifted a voucher for $500 from Grumpy Old Men Enterprises. We were very excited when we received our package of activities and goodies from Paper Plus. We can't wait to open and investigate the boxes.

Thank you so much. Ngā mihi nui ki a GOME.

KAKATAHI SCHOOL STUDENTS

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