Letters to the Editor
LETTER: A humble welcome home for top cop
Thursday 1 July 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letters for July 1, 2021
LETTERS: Resident in need of vaccination given run-around
Wednesday 30 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letters for June 30, 2021
LETTER: Thermal imaging to detect drugs?
Monday 28 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letters for June 28, 2021
LETTER: Here to serve us, not you
Friday 25 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letters for June 26, 2021
Stop throwing ‘pot shots’
Friday 25 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Prime Minister Mark Brown’s comment in Parliament on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 needs clarification and correcting. Mark stated that the former Director of Audit (myself) left the Audit Office with six to seven years of audits in arrears.
LETTER: Water chemical permit ‘comes unstuck’
Thursday 24 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Recently local media has been saturated with images of smiling locals unveiling commemorative plaques at the upgraded water intakes (Avatiu intake ‘has larger storage capacity’ – June 22).
LETTER: Tourism’s ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’
Wednesday 23 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letters for June 23, 2021
LETTER: ‘Weather forecasting is difficult’
Monday 21 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letters for June 21, 2021
LETTERS: Better weather forecasting needed
Saturday 19 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letters for June 19, 2021
LETTER: Say ‘no’ to water charges Bill
Friday 18 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Our Members of the Parliament must not enact water charges. They must say ‘no’ to the To Tatou Vai bill.
LETTER: Desecrating trees and the laws of God
Wednesday 16 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letters for June 16, 2021
LETTER: Defending clients against sexual offences
Tuesday 15 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"Trials are robust affairs where the truth is the ultimate price," writes defence laywer Norman George, in response to criticism of the justice system's handling of alleged sexual offences by a CI News columnist.
LETTER: It’s all about the almighty dollar
Monday 14 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"What ever happened to the discussion over the past year about the diversification of the economy, and the proposed lessening of our reliance on tourism?"
LETTERS: What would Jesus do
Friday 11 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letters for Saturday June 12, 2021
LETTER: Hydro pole crash a wake-up call
Wednesday 9 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Daily letters for Wednesday June 9, 2021
LETTER: Companies Act 2017 woes
Tuesday 8 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Daily letters for Tuesday June 8, 2021
LETTER: To Tatou Vai being set up for ‘failure’
Saturday 5 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"On Thursday night, I attended the Puaikura public meeting on the amended To Tatou Vai Bill. The poor turnout suggests that the people have lost confidence in the process," writes Justine Flanagan from Te Vai Ora Maori
LETTERS: Hypocritical views on same-sex rights?
Friday 4 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"Give me a loving, Christian, same sex married couple as my next door neighbours anytime over a raving hypocrite," says a CI News letter writer.
LETTER: Sludge: The ‘cart’ has already bolted
Tuesday 1 June 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"The PMU (Project Management Unit) have yet to substantiate claims of safety with peer-reviewed, long-term studies of the impacts of disposing of aluminium sludge to agricultural soils (let alone in the tropics)."
LETTER: Supervised isolation and quarantine fee
Saturday 29 May 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
CI News letter writer asks if there are separate costs for those who choose not to receive a Covid-19 vaccine.