Letters to the Editor
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No paradise for gay people
Tuesday July 09, 2019Dear Editor,
Greetings and allow me to introduce myself. My name is Joe Fox, and I just spent a week visiting your beautiful country.
Will cars stop them walking?
Tuesday July 09, 2019Dear Editor,
The purchase of four electric cars for ministers costing $60,000 is interesting, considering Raro Cars were selling Nissan Leaf cars for $17,000 retail each – an affordable option and one that would mean more cars for cash.
Letters: Chlorine concern is a fuss about nothing
Saturday July 06, 2019Dear Editor,
I fail to see why all the fuss regarding chlorination of Raro's water supply.
Time to man up and send back reluctant MP
Thursday July 04, 2019Dear Editor,
As a proud Kiwi citizen of New Zealand Māori and Cook Islands Maori heritage, I have much aroha and patriotism for both Aotearoa, my country of birth, and our beautiful, tiny Te Ipukarea paradise I have had the privilege of calling home, for the past 27 years.
My initials are my identity
Thursday July 04, 2019Dear editor,
I am not happy with my letter you printed in Monday’s paper. I did not give you permission to use my full name.
When we still imprison too many people
Tuesday July 02, 2019Dear Editor,
It was refreshing to read the editorial on prisoners by Jonathan Milne and Norman George’s weekly column “The Sift”.
Letters: A dog's life
Monday July 01, 2019Dear Editor, I loved your story about taking your dog to Raro and reference to all the wandering dogs.
‘It is robbing Peter to pay Puna’
Monday July 01, 2019Dear Editor,
I have been talking with my octogenarian uncle and his friends with regard to the wage increase the members of Parliament have taken upon themselves to award themselves.
MPs get new debating chamber and pay rises – yet no tax cuts
Saturday June 29, 2019It is absurd that the people we elected as our representatives in the House of Parliament have now, thanks to our selections and what they have presented to us as their leadership qualities, have voted themselves huge pay and allowances increases.