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Readers' Letters

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Letters should not exceed 200 words and should carry the name, residential address and contact telephone number of the author.

Open letter to Maurice Williamson (Howick Ward Councillor)

Hi Maurice. You have been given the key role on plugging the Council’s $270 million budget shortfall. The solution is easily solved in your very own ward of Howick. The planned Burswood bus diversion is going...
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Contrary to all evidence

Re: Climate fearmongering, Ryan Price, (Times, November 16). Ryan Price exhorts us not to fear rising CO2 levels. Funnily enough, none of the claims he makes – all highly visible and cherished on a certain...
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Girl Guiding NZ Unit Leaders required

We have some Girl Guiding units that could do with a few more helping hands. Help facilitate opportunities for girls to contribute to the planning of future programmes and activities and ensure that there is...
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Anti-smacked ram-raiders

Were the parents of the ram-raiders intimidated by the anti-smacking legislation of the Helen Clark government’s Green MP, Sue Bradford? This was rejected by 85 per cent of the public. Have the raiders not known...
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Do we need housing intensification in Auckland?

Out of the five major cities where housing intensification is proposed, Auckland has the “Unitary Plan (Operative in Part, September 29, 2016) to progressively develop Auckland. A significant amount of consultation was undertaken and appropriate...
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Climate fearmongering

Ryan Price’s letter (Times, Wednesday November 16) was like a breath of fresh air. At least I am not alone in thinking the whole man-made climate change thing is grossly exaggerated. Kudos to you for...
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Howick Inner Wheel celebrates 30th birthday

The Inner Wheel Club of Howick celebrated its 30th birthday on Saturday, November 5. The club was charted in 1991 with 55 members. Ethel Abercrombie was the first club president. We were blessed to have...
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Road sealing in Howick

At the beginning of October a letter from the council was put in my letterbox in Sale Street to notify the upcoming road resealing work. The letter gave dates that came and went twice. Now...
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Covering up our heritage

At the edge of Howick’s shops, a hulking shroud of scaffolding and gleaming plastic recently stood so long ensconced in daily life that its intrusion, as an object and metaphor, came to barely elicit...
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Climate fearmongering

Your correspondent Gary Hollis (Times, November 9) needs to expand his research beyond BBC nature documentaries. And his “climate change solution” is appalling. ”Polar bears now struggle to survive in warmer waters” – no they...
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