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Letters: Winning weekend – Kiwi sports fans treated to 30 perfect hours
OPINION: 'They came, they wavered, they fought back, they won.'
Letters: Congrats – now bring the Cup home to defend
OPINION: 'Massive numbers of spectators will spend lavishly in hotels and restaurants.'
Letters: Damaging division over new Kāinga Ora housing; a Navy all at sea
OPINION: 'Heaven forbid that “poor people” are entitled to decent housing near CBD.'
Letters: Vulnerable patients need clear communication; Ardern deserves damehood
OPINION: 'Handwriting of any description will be foreign to many students.'
Letters: Healthcare risks being lost in translation; Wgtn’s tone-deaf council
OPINION: 'Sadly the beleaguered mayor and council are tone-deaf to calls for changing.'
Letters: Another Am Cup in NZ? That boat has sailed
OPINION: 'In reality, this is not a New Zealand team.'
Letters: Hospital bosses add insult to injury with language rule
OPINION: 'Is this poorly disguised racism?'
Letters: Tom Phillips must be stopped
OPINION: 'The longer it goes on, the greater the damage.'
Letters: Positive publicity should be promoted for Gisborne; thanks for found dog
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Letters: The costly fiasco of GP funding, Samoa deserves Manawanui compo
OPINION: 'General practice is struggling for funding and therefore for staff.'
Letters: Loose lips on sinking ship; rich MPs and the politics of envy
OPINION: 'The 'no more work from home' edict goes beyond a government’s mandate.'
Letters: The callous past treatment of single mothers; ignorant patients demanding doctor ethnicity
OPINION: 'An entire generation of women and children will become a sad afterthought.'
Letters: 'Terrible situation' of missing Marokopa kids; Minister's perception problem
OPINION: 'What else can be done to get these children back to their mother?'
Letters: Let’s get real – the sinking of the Manawanui is a total disaster
OPINION: 'I was amazed by Defence Minister Judith Collins’ response to the sinking.'
Letters: Govt incoherent on climate change; Tech giants orchestrate 'heist of the century'
OPINION: 'Who thinks digging more coal out of the ground and burning it is going to help?'
Letters: The Navy urgently needs another ship. These might work
OPINION: 'Clearly, there is now an urgent need for a replacement support vessel.'
Letters: Why should banks pay for scam victims?, Don't retire, Jimmy Spithill
OPINION: 'What will international sailing be without Jimmy Spithill?'
Letters: The truth about teacher-only days; higher speeds pointless in cities
OPINION: Also in today's letters — crime crackdown, 'ordinary' Kiwis, and MPs on TV.
Letters: Time for action on kids and social media; Chateau Tongariro solution
OPINION: 'We cannot afford to give up and allow future generations to be harmed.'
Letters: David Seymour’s constant tinkering with education; time for nuclear power options
OPINION: 'NZ has to face the fact that this country is in a serious financial situation.'
Letters: A closer look at the PM's Wellington apartment profit
OPINION: Also in today's letters – speed limits, Casey Costello and teacher shortages.
Letters: National’s short-sighted ferry proposal is way off track
OPINION: '[National's] proposal to buy non-rail-capable ferries is nonsensical.'
Letters: Who made David Seymour boss of education?
OPINION: 'What is the Minister of Education doing – in fact, who is the minister?'
Letters: Let’s unhook NZ from nicotine
OPINION: Nicotine addiction, Warehouse losses, Capital Gains Tax and Dunedin Hospital.
Letters: Sorry TVNZ but some things are sacred for a state broadcaster
OPINION: 'TVNZ is not just a commercial broadcaster to entertain us.'
Letters: Working from home and nanny state meddling
OPINION: 'Bosses who can trust their staff will be rewarded.'
Letters: A Govt run by dogma, not data; fix driver skills not speed limits
OPINION: 'The “speed kills” mantra destroys rational analysis.'
Letters: The sweet and the sour on sugar tax; WFH should come with a pay cut
OPINION: More than 100 countries already tax sugar-sweetened beverages.
Letters: Nicola Willis adds insult to injury with pointless WFH order
OPINION: 'It’s easier to fix a problem that doesn't exist than address the ones that do.'
Letters: Child poverty is a social and economic disaster
OPINION: 'Why don’t we have a war on poverty instead of building bigger prisons?'
Letters: Chateau fiasco; heritage buildings must remain in NZ hands
OPINION: 'The challenge presented by the chateau could easily be dealt with.'
Letters: How to drive change in transport planning; why league is beating rugby
OPINION: 'You can’t believe this bike fantasy planning.'
Letters: Overseas inspiration for Auckland’s transport solution; the problem with higher road speeds
OPINION: 'Are we really in that much of a hurry to die? I for one am not.'