Herald on Sunday: Letters to the editor

The altercation between two boaties at Tairua was captured on camera and shared on social media.

A lioness protecting her cubs

In the heated altercation on January 23 in Tairua Harbour on the Coromandel Peninsula, a woman was filmed swinging an oar at a man who rammed her boat — aboard which were her kids. She is a teacher at a Coromandel school.
Teachers have a "trusted role in society", the Education Council's code of professional responsibility for teachers apparently notes.
Are our heads so far in the sand that we fail to recognise that mothers have a trusted role in society as well?
I saw a lioness protecting her cubs — a primal instinct that overrides everything else.

Paul Evans-McLeod, Te Rapa

Texting and driving

Thanks to last week's correspondents for their rightful condemnation of my texting and driving. The irony behind my letter was to target Parliament. A petition is on the cards, which should attract many thousands of signatures. Hopefully it is only a matter of time before the fine is tenfold the wet bus ticket it currently is.

Glenn Forsyth, Taupō

Bubble trouble

When Jacinda Ardern responded to Australia's temporary closing of their border to green zone quarantine-free Kiwis, she seemed shocked and critical of the response.
Is her pro-bubble stance borne out of desperation to please the tourism sector? At what cost? Is the risk necessary?
Reserving bubbles until vaccines are proven effective and are actually here would be wiser.

Steve Russell, Hillcrest

Stadium plan

We need a replacement for Eden Park for concerts and sporting events. Why not take over Avondale Racecourse, which is closing, and build a replica of Perth's Optus Stadium? It is flat land, close to trains and buses, plus further away from houses unlike the many homes that suffer during Eden Park concerts. It could be used for Black Caps matches plus all Warriors and All Black games besides concerts. Then sell Eden Park for high-rise apartments to help pay for it.

Murray Hunter, Titirangi