Campbell Live, 7 August 2012 told us about a
couple, grateful for special treatment involving a
small loan enabling them to purchase the home they
were renting. Wonderful, but further on, we were
told that the man involved had to sell his Bugatti
motorcycle to provide this deposit, keeping his other
motorcycle, which also appeared to be quite an
expensive model. And there was another expensive
looking car on camera at the entrance of his garage.
Why should people like this draw prime slots on
New Zealand television highlighting their purported
personal financial difficulties? There are many, many
New Zealanders who have, and are, suffering much
greater hardships than those above, but are left just
having to get on with life as best they can.

Barry H Walker, Mt Maunganui.