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 Unemployment progressOn TV3’s The Nation last weekend, there was a report on the Mayor and Council in Otorohanga.
They have turned around the problem of unemployed youth in town, by working in close co-operation with all the aspects of the problem and together with employers in the town and their college, they have reached a stage where the bureaucrats have now withdrawn... No church associationIn response to John Wightman’s question relating to euthanasia; letter 11 May 2012. No! I have zero association with any “corrupt foreign church”, whatever that is supposed to mean, and I can also state that nobody among those I am associated with, and who share my views on this subject, and there are many, have either.
Barry H Walker,... Opposing euthanasiaJohn Wightman of the avenues (Voluntary euthanasia, Friday 11 May) asks if is significant that most opposing euthanasia belong to a certain unnamed, foreign-owned church.The significance for me is that if Christ did establish an ongoing church two millennia ago then surely it would be absolutely pro-life,Moreover John calls us pro-lifers, gullible.... More controls on young driversThe AA quotes NZ as having the highest rate of road deaths per 100,000 population in 2011. 6.4%. Australia being the closest with 5.7% and Britain with only 3.1%.There has been a lot of talk regarding road safety but I have yet to see anyone taking action with regard to the basic cause of traffic misbehaviour. We must start with a more stringent control... English treaty ‘the right version’The English version of the Treaty of Waitangi used by the Waitangi Tribunal is not a lie or political manipulation as claimed by R.McGuinness (letters 11 May). It is the version signed by Governor Hobson in 1840 with his official seal.It was signed by Waikato chiefs. It was not an exact translation of the Waitangi Maori version, but Governor... Te Puke post box removalThe postbox, properly called a “Post receiver” has been removed from the site near the intersection of Cameron Road and Queen Street in Te Puke. When my Mum, a regular user of the box, phoned NZ Post to ask what the story was, she was told that it had been vandalised, and that the fire damage was too great for it to be repaired. NZ Post... Cossie Club ‘theatricals’Maurice Kelly, whose Cosmopolitan Club sold the $6 million lemon to TCC, is now bleating unbelievably about pedestrian danger, yet the new Clubrooms are built on land that should have been used for overflow parking. At present anyone can use the vacant 5,000m2 grounds to park vehicles on and what on earth makes Mr Kelly think pedestrians don’t... Tsunami warning ideaG’Day Brian, I think that the Tsunami-Warning suggestion put forward by MD in Letters, 4 May (plane towing warning sign) is a brilliant idea, one of the best I’ve heard, of course it needs some fine tuning. It would need to be sent up in other languages such as Maori, Pinyin, Braille for the hard of hearing, and an extra large... A worse council than TCCHip Hip hooray there is a worse council than Tauranga. The madmen and women of the Matamata council want to charge by the toilet, the madness is spreading. As usual a lefty action against the richer among us apart from schools of course.If they want to charge for toilets a fairer way would be to simply look at the water used rather than how many dunnies.... Car drivers as bad as smokers?Re: your diatribe in Rogers Rabbits you have again targeted smokers. I didn’t reply to your first outburst on this subject but reply this time. I must as I feel it’s a personal insult to myself and other smokers.I have been smoking longer than you have walked this earth and I do respect non-smokers as when visiting such people’s homes... |
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