Re the article on power costs during winter (page 6, the Weekend Sun, June 23).
One has to wonder why the power costs are so high in New Zealand. The cost of power here is three times what friends are paying in the USA and just over double what my sister pays in England.

The greed of businesses in NZ is appalling and NZ's reputation is suffering due to rip-off prices for hotel and motel rooms, along with the extremely high cost of almost everything one buys.

Worse, all those same businesses will only pay the minimum wage for maximum work load.

A Bourne, Bethlehem.