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Monday, April 21, 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.

Food scrap bins not worth it

The first Friday some of us in our street put out our food scraps bins they were not collected. I reported it on the Monday and they were collected on the Tuesday. Two weeks later...
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Steady population model for NZ

Auckland is so spread out that the cost of getting a useful public transport system will be prohibitive. To get out of Auckland to most places in New Zealand on public transport will be difficult...
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Smoking and self-responsibility

The vitriol regarding the new Government’s position on smoking is not surprising. The lack of vitriol regarding self-responsibility is. Bary Williams, Sunnyhills
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Open letter to the PM

Dear Mr Luxon, Congratulations on your success at the election. As a proponent and personal user of EVs , we hope you will implement policies that accelerate New Zealand’s transition to clean transport. An important first...
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Cheaper to do nothing

Humpty Dumpty’s loyal Lieutenant Lemming will fight the war on motorists – making roads dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians and doing nothing to decrease CO2 emissions – while National (representing unfettered farming and money)...
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Can someone please enforce fireworks rules

I live near Eastern Beach and have been enduring ongoing nightly disturbances from fireworks in the area. The noise, which can start anytime from 4pm and last until the early hours of the next day,...
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Handles up!

Every Thursday evening I walk a short section of Pakuranga Road and Ridge Road into Howick. With the introduction of the food waste bins I have learned that a surprising number of users are not...
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Questions for RSA

Members of the public gave very generously on Poppy Day and it was not unusual for someone to put in a $50 note. As a result, they (members of the public) and RSA members are...
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Respect for our graveyard

The recent successful Howick Hop saw many families enjoying themselves in Picton Street. Sadly, Our Lady Star of the Sea graveyard was being used as a playground by a few and even a recent burial...
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Safer streets

Our street, Fordyce Ave in Sunnyhills, has for the past three years been subjected to the most horrendously divisive and costly pilot project for safer school streets one could ever imagine. The rationale for this...
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