Nick Bagnall from Omokoroa (22.7.11) is to be commended for his letter re: Winston's Bridge.
Few will give him the praise he so well deserves yet they use his Gold Card without a thought and yes, drive over the bridge and have the temerity to ignore the fact that it was Winston who worked so diligently to make it possible.
Thankfully he has many supporters who will ensure he will be returned to Parliament in November, which is his rightful place. Since he was so blatantly out-voted in 2005 no other MP has been able to replace him. Few seem to remember that it was Winston who instigated the modernisation of our great hospital.
What we owe Winston we can never repay. You only have to remember the volume of emails printed in the press at the time of the opening of the Bridge. It is no great credit to the authorities responsible that the Guest of Honour should have been Winston Peters.

Eileen Jones, Papamoa.