Letters to the Editor

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Bumps in the road
I hope that the KDC pays a bonus to the contractor who had the initiative and foresight to place the speed bumps on Molesworth Drive between the bridge and museum when repairing the road as you enter the Heads. It must be difficult finding contractors with this ability compared to the other contractor who didn’t stop and think when repairing Devich Road. The repairs are so smooth the only way you can tell the road has been repaired is the different colour between the old and new.

KJ Healy
Kaiwaka



Maori missing out
So billionaire Ric Kayne has thrown his toys out of his cot and wants to pull out of New Zealand and head home to the good old USA because he hasn’t got his old mate Johnny Key and his National bros in power to back him up. But don’t worry Ric, there are quiet few of us Maoris in Northland who would be willing to come to the airport and wave goodbye to you when you leave. 

Ric, you took advantage of the weak laws under National government. Fortunately the Labour government has put some tight restrictions in place that don’t seem to suit you, and you say you are working with the local Maori. Hey Ric, how many Maori actually work for you at Tara Iti? Very few, as many of the Maori who have worked for you say it’s the closest thing to slavery. 

I am local Maori, but like a lot of the local Maori we are asking the questions like, who are you really dealing with? You say Te Uri o Hau and Ngati Manuhiri. Unfortunately there are some of our people from Te Uri o Hau and Ngati Manuhiri who seem to have their own agenda. 

People want to know who you are really dealing with Ric. Why don’t you give us some names if you are that keen on helping the local Maori. After all, you have taken their land for a pittance. Try and do that to the Native American Indian, Ric. You know as well as I do that you would never have a show in hell. 

Most of our people would like to know where all the spoils from the sale of their whenua have gone to. I, like them, would also like to ask the sellers of our whenua to open the books to the public and explain why they have not been transparent to their own people.

Ed Nathan
Mangawhai



Financial meltdown
A wee reminder for my regular readers. Over a year ago I wrote an article explaining why our current neo-liberal globalised economy was unsustainable and must inevitably collapse. The question was not if, but when. I can now with some certainty proclaim that the when is now. Of course it will take some time yet for this reality to be reflected in the stock market, the housing market, and the corporate controlled news media. New Zealand will be one of the last economies to feel the coming pinch that will ensue prior to the institution of a new financial system.
Shoppers will have already noticed increasing inflation. I recommend investments in real assets and alternative stores of personal wealth like precious metals, livestock, cryptocurrency etc.

Remember that as we confront the reality of a system designed to fail that the fault lies with global corporate interests and the world’s central banks. This cabal will probably try to blame the Trump administration.

It is imperative that in the new system, currency creation be taken from privatised groups and put back into the hands of sovereign nation states accountable to the people.
Don't say I didn't warn you.

Chris ‘Worzel’ Sellars
Maungaturoto
 

Pathetic Politicians Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is to donate money to Palestinians; Simon Bridges apologises for "conservative values"; Winston Peters joins in coalition with parties that oppose all that he claimed to stand for. Who then is going to stand up for New Zealand's traditional values? None of that lot, for sure. We are in desperate need of a new party with a leader who is not afraid to take a stand against the creeping paralysis of political correctness; who is prepared to ignore the whimpering plaints from those who are offended simply because another speaks the truth; one who is unashamedly outspoken in protecting free speech; one who doesn't run for cover when those who oppose democracy scream out accusations of ‘racist’ or ‘Nazi’; one who can withstand the inevitable attacks from all of the existing parties (and media) who don't want anyone rocking their boat; and one who wants to see New Zealand as a united people under common law. Politicians, while claiming to represent the voice of the people, are no longer listening to what the people say, carrying on instead with their own pet agendas with little or no consideration of long-term consequences. The people's views can only be determined through binding referenda on any major issues, but our present lot of pathetic politicians are terrified at the mere thought of people-power unmasking the illusory holograms that are their political sacred cows. New Zealand is rapidly becoming a third-world country without a vision for the future.  Perhaps we might see a true Conservative Party arising from the ashes of the old. Mitch Morgan Kaipara