Points of interest that caught my eye in The Weekend Sun, November 10. New Zealand First was useful in removing the smile from Bill's face, which was Winston's only focus. Jacinda and Labour are the beneficiaries of that.

A one-man party with a super grudge is food for thought. Are taxpayers paying for MPs just to fill a seat? A free ride on the taxpayer, just to nod their head when ordered by the leader? The current fiasco is proof.

Another titbit is a real estate person expounding the virtues of having a member of their industry selling your property. Is this the same group who recently were ordered to pay massive fines for doing unethical things not in keeping with fair play? All the big players were mentioned and had to pay up. Some agents get an income of $1 million plus, or close to it, for extremely basic skills, far below highly qualified specialists whose income would not come near that after 10 years, not eight weeks for a real estate course, and double the income of the Prime Minister. The good news is that there is some competition in the market at last. Some South Island agents charged one per cent commission. They sold 60 houses in a month and were happy with that.

R Chamberlain, Otumoetai (Abridged).