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Letters: Auckland growth, property investors, vaccination pace and light rail


Letters: Auckland growth, property investors, vaccination pace and light rail
12 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
9 minutes to read
Is central Auckland already too densely populated? Photo / Michael Craig
NZ Herald
Groan pains
After being put up this week in an Auckland CBD accommodation unit, 14 floors up, looking out over similarly small units, with many even higher up, I can see why your editorial (NZ
Herald, April 9) makes perfect sense.
Indeed, we have a rather sparsely populated nation, where an absolutely unexpected newcomer, called Covid-19, has forced many of us to reinvent ourselves; work from home part-time; all the time or even have a fully remote-controlled business model. ....

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After a year of dowdy dressing it's time to glam up so five writers reveal their 're-entry outfits'


What are you wearing? A trivial enough question, pre-Covid days, designed to avoid sartorial clashes or clangers.
But now, with the end of lockdown finally in sight and calendars being filled with dates for get-togethers outside from April 12, women across the country are excitedly planning their ‘re-entry outfits’. Namely, what to wear on that first special occasion when they are reunited with friends and family.
Here, five writers share their ‘re-entry outfits’ and reveal the special social occasion that will truly signify that life has returned to normal. 
A PRETTY DRESS CRUMPLED BY FAMILY HUGS 
 By Clare Boyd 
There’s no doubt, I’m looking forward to feeling pretty again. But I hope that by the end of the day, my dress will be smeared with the kids’ sticky handprints and crumpled by big bear hugs from the grown-ups, marked by the love of my family ....

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