Letters to the editor: Young councillors and supermarket letdowns

Rotorua district councillors Fisher Wang (left) and Tania Tapsell. Photo / File

As a councillor over the years I have had the opportunity to observe the behaviour of councillors as we undertake council business.

Two who impress me the most are our current youngest councillors, Tania Tapsell and Fisher Wang. They display a willingness to listen and learn and don't have a know-it-all attitude.

I have never seen either of them personalise an issue. They don't demonstrate a sense of entitlement.

You could never accuse Councillors Tapsell or Wang of leaving their manners at home when they come to work.

Their behaviour towards others is always mana-enhancing and never mana-diminishing.

(Abridged)

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait
Rotorua Lakes Councillor

Supermarkets no user-friendly

Many people now have their groceries delivered - good for them.

How nice not to have to fight your way around supermarkets.

Supermarkets are in my view not user-friendly. They are cold in the winter, full of half-naked people in the summer and far too crowded.

It was bad enough having to negotiate narrow aisles full of aimlessly pointed trolleys and screaming kids, we now have cumbersome big trolleys pushed or left in the aisles by staff busy loading them with food to be delivered.

Why can this not be done at night, when the shoppers are tucked up in their beds?

One of my teen jobs was doing just this, loading supermarket shelves at night without annoying shoppers.

Come on supermarkets, think of your customers, not just their money.

Jim Adams
Rotorua

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