Opinions

Your Opinion – Hibiscus Matters letters July 15, 2020

Wed, 12 May 2021

Senseless spending on humps Chris Casey, Manly (abridged) As per your article (HM July 1) the $150,000 spent on this one road, Laurence Street, could...

Our Opinion – Claytons open workshops

Wed, 12 May 2021

Readers with long enough memories may recall Claytons. It was one of the first ‘non-alcoholic alcohol’ drinks in NZ, packaged to look like whisky. The...

Viewpoint – Collaboration and lateral thought

Wed, 12 May 2021

There’s been widespread publicity about the budget cuts that the Council is considering. It’s important that we make the best decisions based on good information...

Youth voice – Youth vote needed

Wed, 12 May 2021

There is only so much you can say in 400 or so words – that’s why I am going to dig deeper into the theme...

Mahurangi Matters, 15 July 2020 – Readers Letters

Wed, 12 May 2021

Crazy spending In a time when Auckland Council is basically insolvent, we have our Rodney Local Board, who are totally controlled by Rodney First members...

Viewpoint – Chickens home to roost

Wed, 12 May 2021

Firstly, I sincerely hope people have managed to come through the lockdown relatively unscathed. Unfortunately that’s not the case for everyone in our community. While...

Mahurangi Matters, 1 July 2020 – Readers Letters

Wed, 12 May 2021

Landfills unnecessary Your newspaper recently published comments from Steve Goldthorpe (MM June 17) regarding my earlier column on Waste-to-Energy. Mr Goldthorpe argued some important negative...

Your Opinion – Hibiscus Matters Letters – June 17, 2020

Wed, 12 May 2021

Peninsula de-shopped? Sel Jones, Manly (abridged) I am writing with regard to the situation of the drop in shopping opportunities in the Manly Plaza. Back...

Our Opinion – More submissions, less venting

Wed, 12 May 2021

Readers may have noticed a fair number of stories about new developments on the Coast in recent issues, including in this one. The paper has...

Viewpoint – Water tanks incentives needed

Wed, 12 May 2021

As a community and a nation that has been through so much in recent times, it has been an opportunity to reflect on what around...

Youth voice – The Covid class

Wed, 12 May 2021

I am an alumni of the ‘Corona Class’ of 2020! At the beginning of May I was scheduled to graduate from university and then bam!...

Mahurangi Matters, 17 June 2020 – Readers Letters

Wed, 12 May 2021

Unrepresentative commission The Representation Commission has decided to call our electorate Kaipara ki Mahurangi rather than Helensville (MM May 20). Northern Action Group submitted that...