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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.

Dying tree gets the chop

Just want to share a photo taken today (Tuesday, January 25) showing the iconic dying tree at the roundabout (Pigeon Mountain Road and Himalaya Road) being cut down by treescape workers. Brian Yu, Half Moon...
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Bronze whaler joins the party

I was fishing at Sergeant Channel between Motuihe Island and Crusoe Island near Waiheke Island on Saturday and my fish was attacked by a shark. I hooked the shark about eight times and lost a lot...
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Cricket club awarded $4000

Pohutukawa Coast Cricket Club has been awarded a $4000 grant for playing uniforms and equipment from the New Zealand Community Trust. The club was one of three groups in the Auckland region to...
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It just doesn’t stack up

Re: ‘Just a minute Mr Brown’ (Brigitte Horne, Times, January 26). Just a minute Brigitte. I read, with interest, your letter regarding trains. I always to keep in touch with local and New Zealand news. I...
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Absurd arguments

Re: Looking forward to my new roles, Simeon Brown, Times, January 26. No, Simeon Brown, the cycle bridge across the harbour was never a Labour “pet project”. It was a ruse by transport Luddites to...
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The scientific evidence is overwhelming

Re: The ongoing vaccination debate initiated by Neville Hill (‘Hospital charges don’t make sense’, Times, Wednesday January 19). The ‘debate’ is over Neville: there is overwhelming scientific evidence of the efficacy and safety of the...
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Contrarians and cranks

Re: ‘Hospital charges don’t make sense’, (Neville Hill, Times, Wednesday January 19). I do not find Neville Hill persuasive in his argument against charging the unvaccinated for hospital care. When Covid hits, the hospitals will be...
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Showing the value of Social Connectedness!

When the members of the Combined Probus Club of Ormiston met for a picnic lunch recently, they had several reasons to celebrate. Like many community organisations, they had not been able to meet since August,...
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Just a minute Mr Brown

Re: ‘Millions wasted on rail yards’ (Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown, Times Wednesday, January 19). The Auckland Harbour cycle bridge was scrapped in response to public opinion – this government listens. On the other hand, in 2013,...
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Hydrogen fuel the way backwards

Correspondent Gary Hollis (Times, January 19) is mistaken to suggest that hydrogen fuelled vehicles have a future in New Zealand. New Zealand’s dying oil and gas industry is desperate to find a survival strategy, but...
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