Letter

A real groovy pension, but plenty of tension You fly cheap for your life, don’t see much of the wife You’re boss of the caucus, but it gets kind of raucous You’ve got all sorts of wheezes, have to put up with greasers You can be stabbed in the...

In my opinion, we are losing the mainstays of a healthy society such as quality healthcare and good law and order. The administrators in these areas claim that Covid, environmental problems and the general world situation are responsible for our...

Re: Developing a vibrant city centre in the digital age, April 24. Your correspondent made interesting suggestions of ways in which to develop a vibrant city centre, with which I agree. However, such ideas are difficult to implement when one must...

A sad day for Tairāwhiti to see The Gisborne Herald finally succumb to the pressures of the modern world. A massive thanks to the Muir family for a great little newspaper, once perfect in every way, but now a shadow of its former self. Because of...

We should have a Rail Action Group meeting to get the railway line fixed. We need a march down the main street with big signs to get the trains back. I am missing them badly. May Ruby

I love Gisborne and my large extended family live here, but I live in Wellington. I work for the government saving money by helping reduce taxpayer spend on commodity digital technologies and services. My job requires me to understand the impact of...

Air New Zealand is a monopoly with more than 80 percent of the domestic market. A survey this week found that the domestic airfare market was seen by consumers as the least competitive market in New Zealand. Air New Zealand hiked the average...

Shut up Simin. I’m sick of you exhorting us all to use fossil fuels and drive everywhere. Last week I took my life in my hands, wheeling my bike across Roebuck Road. It shouldn’t be that dangerous! If only Gisborne had an industrial/heavy...

I was shocked to read that our Government signed off a $41m clean energy transition deal with the Asian Development Bank last week (RNZ story). The Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism uses public and private finance to accelerate...

Re: Loss but never lost, April 20 article. An open letter to Tanith. Our first meeting when you were eight, standing alongside your humble and outstanding grandparents — wonderful! Watching you up close for a short season, then occasional meetings...

Re A. Casey’s letter, April 18. You ask why commercial fishers can take 52mm concession crays when amateur fishers cannot — even if people legally own the fishery and not commercial. You say the juvenile catch is down 80 percent, meaning the...

Oh the joys of overcooked technology! Now, if a family member is seriously ill, instead of just one phone number, you can spend your time chasing around eight—yes, eight—potential sources of help. Thursday’s story about the lack of any...

Friday, April 19, The Gisborne Herald’s cartoon — an unfortunate and bizarre coincidence . . . but even the late, great Murray Ball knew the character of these unpredictable “rogue” creatures!! JE Hansen

Council’s proposed plan increases rates by 30 percent over the next three years. This will take average rates to $4000 per home. Let’s call this the “Stoltz Shock”. There are three big problems with this plan. They are that it: ■ continues...

Re: Aukus, Gaza on agenda plus Full-scale war ‘now a real possibility’ — April 13 articles. No mention here of the 1984-1990 Labour government’s South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone law. Yet Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters slammed...

Kiwis should not live on productive land and enjoy a “useful” amount of space — because, relatively speaking, they don’t “produce” much that the market values. That’s exactly where Kiwis should be living because it “produces”...