Articles in ‘Letters to the Editor’
Dear Jacinda,
I am a New Zealander, a mother and a grandmother.
Letters to the Editor • Community Newsfeed • 6 Dec 2021
The closest I have been to you was when we jigged side by side in the VIP area of a U2 concert a couple of years ago. I remember thinking how tiny and pretty you were. I am a sensitive empath, and watching the pain in your eyes as you comforted the bereaved and traumatised after the mosque massacre, and White Island. I thought i recognised the same in you. I know your…
Letters to the Editor
April 2019
Letters to the Editor • elocal Digital Edition • April 2019
NATIONAL UNITY At last the motto of Hobson’s Pledge, the maxim for which Don Brash has been constantly vilified and satirised in the media, has been accepted by the Prime Minister in her comfortingly inclusive phrase to Muslim immigrants; “We are one people.” No, Ms. Ardern, we will not be ‘One People’ until you and your government return to all New Zealanders the same…
Letters to the Editor
February 2019
Letters to the Editor • elocal Digital Edition • February 2019
Dear Sirs. In the latest edition of eLocal Ms. Lucy Mullinger writes an article about the in her opinion quite deplorable state of the education and well-being of children in New Zealand. She uses the phrase "in comparison to other Western countries, however based on statistics" and later on refers in that context to the OECD. In her article she then first compares the NZ…
Letters to the Editor
January 2019
Letters to the Editor • elocal Digital Edition • January 2019
SATURDAY'S HAKA A POOR SYMBOL OF MULTI-RACIAL SOCIETY This December, world leaders, possibly including Jacinda Ardern, will gather in Morocco to sign the United Nations Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. While a growing list of countries are pulling out - such as Australia, the United States, Croatia, Israel, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary,…
Letters to the Editor
December 2018
Letters to the Editor • elocal Digital Edition • December 2018
Saturday’s haka a poor symbol of multi-racial society In edition 211 there is an article on medical marijuana, in the ‘looking abroad’ section it talks about Sweden’s choice to have a zero-tolerance policy against drugs which as stated had a backlash of drug related deaths. I am confused why you used a negative example while talking about healthy drug control and use. However,…
Letters to the Editor
November 2018
Letters to the Editor • elocal Digital Edition • November 2018
In edition 211 there is an article on medical marijuana, in the 'looking abroad' section it talks about Sweden’s choice to have a zero-tolerance policy against drugs which as stated had a backlash of drug related deaths. I am confused why you used a negative example while talking about healthy drug control and use. However, Portuguese would be a positive example of change, their…