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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Letters to the Editor

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Letters should not exceed 200 words and should carry the name, residential address and contact telephone number of the author.

Temporary lanes seem permanent

Tell me when the ‘temporary’ T2 bus lanes along Pakuranga Road will be removed? Duncan Humphrey, the AMETI Eastern Busway Programme Director, said, “These are temporary essential traffic management measures” to minimise congestion during a...
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Ratepayers beware

Auckland Council is looking to increase our rates yet again this year. We need to cap the rates to help control council spending. There are too many projects going at the same time and council...
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A benefit to the economy

After telling us that he was a novice, Mr Luxon acknowledges his apprenticeship under Mr Key. He reassures us he is a fine businessman: profit before people. The very modest increase for low-income...
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Antivaxxers need to learn

The antivaxxers and their ilk protesting don’t need an audience, they need lessons. Human rights are a construct of a functioning democracy, where we all agree on fundamentals, such as the rule of law and...
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The price of not catching a cold

Omicron’s effects on our health are much milder than Covid 19. Many of my family in Europe have had Omicron and their reported symptoms ranged from “I didn’t know I had it” to “I...
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Mural needs a facelift

Thanks for your coverage of the 175th anniversary. I was looking at the large mural near the Times office behind Poppies and the shoe shop. It shows Howick Beach in the early 1900s and is...
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Ghost council buildings

Ghost houses and council buildings, including the old Howick council building, are prime examples of the wasteful and environmentally-damaging excesses of the rich, who have more money than they know what to do with. It...
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Some answers please Mr Brown

Re: Auckland’s top transport priority should be a second harbour crossing (Times, February 9, Comment from Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown). Woosh! That is the sound of science escaping over Simeon Brown’s head. Methane is approaching 2ppm...
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Life, but not as we knew it

I suspect most of us now want our lives to return to normal. However, a line has been crossed that makes such a sentiment a complete mockery of what we have been forced to endure...
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PM is playing god

Convoy 2022 and the protest outside Parliament had its genesis two years ago when Ardern decided to play ‘god’ and save us all from ourselves. She made the decision to control every aspect of...
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