Letters: Memo to bootcamp critics – progress requires trial and error
OPINION: 'Expecting a 100% performance rate from any new initiative ... is naive.'
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Letters: Humanity forgotten in healthcare squeeze
OPINION: 'People are not a business.'
Letters: Don't let Auckland Airport proceeds become council piggy bank
OPINION: 'Is NZ a First World country? I wonder.'
Letters: Insurance profiteering from bloated premiums; the damage done by Covid mandates
OPINION: 'It’s time to call this behaviour out and stop the profiteering.'
Letters: Greed is killing the great game of rugby
OPINION: 'Whatever has happened to the game I played and loved as a schoolboy?'
Letters: Auckland Transport reform travelling in wrong direction
OPINION: 'Why can we not use the same system as every other part of NZ?'
Letters: Negative offer sends clear message to nurses
OPINION: 'It’s okay to make mistakes, says Judith Collins, but not in a hospital.'
Letters: Beach contamination shameful; what Kiwi cities are lacking
OPINION: 'Nothing but Third-World standards, and an absolute disgrace.'
Letters: Addiction holding NZ back; CCOs have proved themselves
OPINION: 'Alcohol and drug addiction is not a character flaw but a social disease.'
Letters: The regions need abysmal Air NZ to be reliable
OPINION: 'Our death toll would have been much higher under a different system.'
Letters: A driver’s licence is a privilege, not an entitlement
OPINION: 'Thought of losing my licence, independence is enough to cause sleepless nights.'
Letters: Hospital visit symptoms include anxiety, frustration, irritability
OPINION: 'I’m no better off now, nor are my friends. Are you? Is anyone?
Letters: Parents’ job to prevent truancy; taking responsibility for your own health
OPINION: 'Parents need to realise that attending school is not an optional extra.'
Letters: Electric ferry plan proves Auckland Transport has lost the plot
OPINION: 'Can AT tell us what it costs to save a tonne of CO₂ using electric ferries?'
Letters: Christopher Luxon critique unfair and unbalanced – Sir Bill Birch
OPINION: 'I am astounded by the article written by Matthew Hooton.'
Letters: Leave political views out of All Blacks haka
OPINION: 'While the haka itself is a cultural expression, it's not about showing bias.'
Letters: PM needs to keep calm and carry on
OPINION: 'Well Mathew Hooton sure hit the nail on the head'.
Letters: House haka was boisterous but dignified
OPINION: 'Please fix both these major driving problems this year.'
Letters: Gang patch ban - bad law for good reason; TVNZ and transparency in news
OPINION: 'Bitch is a vile, sexist word for which there is no male equivalent. '
Letters: I can't lead a hīkoi for healthcare, I can barely walk
OPINION: 'Please Mayor, abolish AT and reform the other CCOs just as soon as you can.'
Letters to the editor: Māori Battalion haka heard on battlefield
OPINION: Our readers have their say.
Letters: PM must show strong leadership on Treaty bill
OPINION: 'Should [PM] kill the bill now or endure six months of divisive discussion?'
Letters: Haka in the House - Parliament requires decorum, civility
OPINION: 'Must Māori yet again bow down to the traditions of Westminster?'
Letters: Next abuse apology will be for Gloriavale; Treaty bill an unnecessary disruption
OPINION: 'Instead of empty rhetoric, the Government needs to take action – now.'
Letters: Who wins in divisive Treaty debate? Is Parliament haka brave or intimidating?
OPINION: 'Is it now time for our Parliament to accept the occasional haka?'
Letters: No room for thugs in kids’ sport; being besotted with Trump
OPINION: 'I’m getting sick of journalists ignoring facts about Trump.'
Letters: Treaty bill a destructive waste of time; MPs' haka childish behaviour
OPINION: 'We must firmly reject this ignorant and racist Treaty Principles Bill.'
Letters: Public deserves a say on AT’s future; why Biden shouldn't pardon Trump
OPINION: 'With five outfits with a finger in the pie, no wonder it is a costly mess.'
Letters: Abuse survivors deserve more than just money
OPINION: 'A fundamental question [about abuse in state care] remains largely unspoken.'
Letters: A healthy society doesn't leave people behind
OPINION: Also in today's letters – abuse redress; hard health facts; populism v fascism.
Letters: Auckland train disruptions a national embarrassment
OPINION: '[This] would not happen in another partially or fully civilised country.'
Letters: All Blacks' win as underdogs; meddling in medical school selection
OPINION: 'I wonder if World Rugby knows about this interpretation or rule change?'
Letters: AI and the vulnerable; NZ’s infantile stance on alcohol
OPINION: 'Grow up NZ. Handled correctly, alcohol is not a bad thing at all.'
Letters: What Trump’s win means for NZ trade; taming the bloated health bureaucracy
OPINION: 'There are far too many bureaucrats and not enough health workers.'