Re Peter Snell's record-breaking mile in Whanganui in 1962. I live in Townsville, and have been in Australia since 1978, but I am still a proud New Zealander. Of course, people involved will make reference to it being on a grass track and more difficult because it was quite a
Letters: Tragedy and triumph of Snell's great milestone
Incidentally, I was later a student at the University of Auckland and Auckland Teachers College and also present at Western Springs Stadium when Snell broke that record again on the cinder track there.
GEOFF WARD
Queensland
Fitting eulogy
May I first congratulate you on the recent huge increase in the number of readers' letters published. It is great to see the regular contributors voicing their opinions and offering contra views to those of others. I was delighted to see Potonga Neilson endorsing one of my scant published contributions recently (Letters, June 24).
I would also like to congratulate Rob Rattenbury for his comment piece in yesterday's Chronicle (June 29). He detailed the day-to-day problems facing our police and handled the "arming" issue well. Like him, I do not believe that having a Glock on your belt would have made any difference ...
His description of the camaraderie among the police is essentially the same as that in the armed forces and is a bond seldom broken.
His eulogy to Constable Matthew Hunt is magnificent and truly fitting. However, we could all make a meaningful tribute to Matthew by making an effort to pronounce his rank correctly. A vast majority of New Zealanders, from the Prime Minister, through media personalities and right down to the bag lady on Glasgow St pronounce it as if it is spelled Cunstable, instead of Constable.
Let's try hard to make this right. [Abridged]
D PARTNER
Eastown