Where the hell is this Country heading? On TV1 News 21 March I witnessed New Zealand police wrestling to the ground in Christchurch, not looters, but business owners attempting, after many weeks of exclusion, to salvage items of importance from their damaged premises.
Surely this is all they may have left, and the overhanded actions I witnessed are completely over the top and without any sort of compassion. Shame, utterly, on all of those involved in this reaction.
I have, since the earthquake, given my time to help fund-raising activities, made monetary donations to the relief fund, offered assistance to those suffering; and to see such inconsiderate treatment of people there, quite frankly, appals me.
Barry H Walker, Mt Maunganui.