"Public servants earning more than $60,000 will only be offered pay increases under exceptional circumstances for the next three years." At best it was a poor choice of words by Robertson and Hipkins. A deceitful
Whanganui letters: Pay freezes are de facto pay cuts
Learning from experience
In response to D Partner (Letters, May 11): Nowhere in my letter did I refer to recompense.
If he feels that historical dealings between Māori and non-Māori are irrelevant in today's world then I ask does he consider that all history is irrelevant? In very simplistic terms that would indicate that anything that occurred yesterday is not relevant today.
I have learned from many of my experiences. If we cannot learn from our history and development how can we ever progress?
Say what you like, history is littered with examples of people learning from things that happened to them and improving a product or process because of that. Many of these learnings can be applied to race relations in this country.
To make the statement that you question Māori desire to patronise the "new" system is your prerogative as is mine to question your desire to do likewise.
MIKE WALKER
Fordell