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Adaptation to climate change – not mitigation

It was pleasing to observe the responses from Jan & Yashimi Brett and Mary Kennedy (Times, September 7) to my letter (Times August 17) to confirm and reinforcing my commentary that deaths from climate...
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No vaccine for the ignorant

Whatever difficulties lie ahead in decarbonising the economy, with a bit of effort and brain power we could manage it. The IPCC report, written by 234 of the world’s leading scientists in the field, from...
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Don’t denounce Greta

Deanne Smart believes climate catastrophes will not threaten our existence (Times, August 17) and takes Greta Thunberg to task for warning as such. Accepting that there has been a drop in deaths from disasters since...
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Wake up and change

Deane Smart proclaimed that Greta has “indoctrinated the youth and others with the belief that climate catastrophes will threaten our very existence (Times 17 August). Rather than accusing her of being “wrong…again”, we would...
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Thank you for caring

Last Monday (August 30) I received a phone call from a young lady asking how I was, did I need any help in the way of shopping etc. She was a student from Macleans...
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Free Speech

Big tech in its ability to control our conversations is acting as censor of free speech. Free speech is at the core of liberty and democracy. We are under threat like never before. In a...
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Beware of misinformation

I write in response to Deane Smart (Times, August 17), who propounds the theory that climate change will have no impact on our future survival. A study by The Reason Foundation does indeed, show that...
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Labour must be congratulated

For all the criticism of the Labour Government for its slow vaccination rate statistics, and particularly the number of deaths from Covid-19 where it matters, New Zealand leads the world by a country mile...
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Harrying speech

Bringing out new legislation under current circumstances, where tempers are fraught, and people are anxious due to Covid, is possibly a foolish thing to do – particularly when it is legislation concerning “hate speech”. One...
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Open letter to Howick Local Board

Dear Board Members Without public consultation your predecessors planted 4 Magnolia Grandiflora directly in front of Stockade Hill, and of course they are already interfering in its priceless views. Recently we urged you again to...
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