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Sunday, April 20, 2025

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

Open letter to Howick Local Board

Dear Board Members Without public consultation your predecessors planted 4 Magnolia Grandiflora directly in front of Stockade Hill, and of course they are already interfering in its priceless views. Recently we urged you again to...
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Is it possible to live ‘normally’ with IBS?

READER'S LETTER I was watching the news on TV1 the other night and Mandy Lloyd reported a case of a young lady, Danielle Barber, being afflicted with Crohns Disease since she was 19. It must be...
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‘Julie could always see funny side’

Lockdown has caused many people to feel extremely upset from not being able to be with their loved ones when suffering poor health and, worse, not being able to attend the funeral of loved...
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Open letter to gunman in Christchurch mosque attack

The effects of your actions have not only shocked and horrified the peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand, they have caused particular offence to Maori, the indigenous peoples of this land. Maori are the traditional kaitiaki...
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Ahem, that’s not quite right; Bailey bridges aren’t new

I see on Times Online you mentioned the Pakuranga bus bridge being pushed out as being a first. This is strictly incorrect as that is how Bailey bridges were assembled from the 1940s here in...
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Pukekohe, a wider view

I read with interest (Times, July 28) Robert Bartholomew's claims that Pukekohe was a hotbed of racism and typical of New Zealand during the period 1920s to 1960s. I grew up in the Patumahoe-Pukekohe area...
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Coronavirus Covid-19 – fear puts us in as much risk

Fear puts us at risk just as much as the coronavirus. Being constantly fearful creates prolonged exposure to stress hormones which weakens our immune systems and make us more vulnerable to the very thing we...
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There will be a reckoning for the passing of this Abortion Bill

A deep darkness can be felt emerging within our beautiful country of NZ. It is not the Covid19 pandemic that is causing the darkness but the Abortion Bill that was passed through Parliament under urgency when...
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Why weren’t we testing at the airport sooner?

Covid-19 has flattened many countries of the World and practically wiped out many Economies. How did Covid-19 suddenly make an entry is anyone's speculation and we will not know the true facts of its birth. Many theories...
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How can pensioners get their shopping?

Re the latest SuperSeniors Newsletter March Covid-19 Special Edition. (Specifically: "If you can, get someone to drop your groceries off to you, or order your groceries online and have them delivered to your door.") A great...
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