The debacle regarding consideration of using taxpayer's money to cover the blow-out for the construction of the Sky City Conference Centre seems to now be satisfactorily addressed.

Anyone with a modicum of common sense would have considered this idea as plainly stupid. The Government's decision was extremely welcome. Interesting to me though that it was not made on television by our Prime Minister.

Perhaps he is too busy sorting out issues with the equally stupid idea and its associated costs to change our flag!

Barry H Walker, Mt Maunganui.