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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.

Sorry Winston

Winston Peters has many faults of which we are all painfully aware. However, using his position and heritage to express what the vast majority of us think is not one of them. Bary Williams Sunnyhills
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Speeding on Pakuranga Road

Beware, the police are out gathering money for Treasury . I have just received a speeding fine for doing 58km/h on Pakuranga Road, where the speed limit has been lowered recently all the way from...
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Is this still our home?

Does our pleasant little homeland still bask in the blessing of unencumbered thought, speech and association, or has it become a social-media internment camp enforced by political and commercial usurpation? Is this the quiet neighbourly...
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Vera, 95, jumps out of plane for birthday

It all began when my son and daughter-in-law asked me what I wanted to do for my 95th birthday. I jokingly said, “Jump out of a plane,” laughing away. Then I thought to myself, ‘I...
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HRRA meet the candidates

It was busy at the Howick Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association’s annual meeting on Saturday. There was also an opportunity for a chance to meet and question candidates for General Election in a few weeks’...
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Congratulations to the Times

Just had to send you this note of congratulations on the fabulous new look of our favourite ‘old’ local paper. When I first saw it (a few weeks ago) I thought Wow! I should have...
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Thank you very much

On August 14 I had a fall outside Countdown at the Hub in Botany. I fell face down and the blood was flowing from my forehead. I was overwhelmed by the people who rushed to help...
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Unbridled hypocrisy

No better example than Hipkins’ partnership with BlackRock who holds $85 billion in shares in coal companies and, in spite of their promise to sell most of its shares, hasn’t, and continues...
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AT weirdness again

The recent changes to lane marking at the eastern side of the Pakuranga Road/Ti Rakau intersection lights for east bound traffic from Panmure caused me considerable delay recently (but I’ll know for next time). However, the...
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Seeking positive redirection

When I speak to new acquaintances, they voice a very similar cry, ‘What is happening to our world?’ The traditional world of our past decades is no more. The foundations of hope, trust, honesty, truth...
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