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 Asbestos roof concern at Tauranga HospitalShould we be wearing face masks as we walk past Tauranga Hospital on windy days? The rebuild of the Hospital in recent years is something to be proud of except for one sow’s ear - the Pathlab Building. In particular its “Super Six” white asbestos roof - what an embarrassment!Now some will say that if asbestos is undisturbed... Things to divert voters’ attentionAnother year looking at the TCC Draft Annual Plan and submissions they certainly have highs and lows, the high being that everyone can have everything they want this year as there was a $3.2m surplus and as all good Pollies do in election year they spend it.In past years elected councillors had a propensity to be able to place something on the table... Side-stepping mayorMayor Crosby, in his self-effacing way by deflection of just criticism from R Bishop and others over “his” Council’s cosy blossoming co-governance relationship with local iwi. Meanwhile blaming the Government for “making me?” So tell us in plain English Mayor Crosby, what are TCC obligations under current statutory requirements... What more do they want?What more does the Labour Party want?More holidays on pay - don’t want a chance to miss a day off. Poor businesses, they obviously don’t count with lack of production in these hard times.Maternity leave lengthened to 26 weeks.After the government has put in place free hours and reduced rates in childcare facilities at great cost to... Stopping racial intoleranceTo A Authier the ‘Twisting of the Treaty’ is quite refreshing you know when you read it that it is true. Plus when you say stop racial intolerance.That’s why we are getting folks to sign the ‘Equality for ALL New Zealanders’ petition in an effort to try and stop this crazy notion that the Maori Party has of The Treaty of... Violence and genocide ‘chilling’Aaron Authier’s letter “Treaty Book ‘inaccurate’” Weekend Sun 10 May is an amazing statement.It is to be hoped this person is only a sympathizer and not a treatyist, because if he is the latter, his sentence “any denial of rights is a precursor to violence and genocide” should be chilling to all.If he is a sympathizer,... Nothing in Treaty confers special rightsAs a co-author of “Twisting the Treaty”, I reply to Aaron Authier’s letter to you. If he has read the book, his misunderstanding is grotesque. It is he and his like, not ourselves, who are the neo-Nazis in this country with their claims of special racist rights, lies about the Treaty of Waitangi and suchlike –... Xenophobic pastAs Doomsday approaches yet again Messrs Peterson, Johnson and Humphries are increasing their frenzied attempts to guide their fellow Kiwis into supporting continuing the xenophobia of the past.I’m not sure what motivates the above group and their supporters. It could be religious fundamentalism, political extremism, bloody minded fear mongering... Dishonest climate argumentDon Barnes, in his letter [Sun May 10] critising Rogers Rabbit’s article on climate change, is a classic example of arguing from a position of professed superiority. This is essentially dishonest. Furthermore, nowhere in Don Barnes’ letter does he present any specific facts rebutting Roger’s claims.Perhaps Don Barnes failed to notice... Lacking procreative potentialThe term ‘marriage’, which always had a clear meaning, has now a double meaning. Since April 17 we have two kinds of marriage.Same sex marriages enjoy the same legal status as traditional marriages. In actual reality, however, the difference could not be greater.I have thought of suitable terms which accurately convey the true nature of... |
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