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Letters: Water privatisation, school attendance, light rail, and the Middle East nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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. ....
Letters: Ports of Auckland, harbour bridge, section sizes and fighter injuries nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Letters: Border protection, quarantine, alert level 4 and contact tracing 14 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 9 minutes to read England is in a third national lockdown in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus. Photo / Alastair Grant, AP NZ Herald Raise the drawbridge The year 2020 was without precedent and it has not done with us yet. The geographical advantages of our remote island location together with decisive Government action have protected us from the worst of the accursed Covid-19 but we cannot afford to relax. It is disturbing to read of a number of mariners arriving with symptoms. While it may be criticised as selfish, we should keep the drawbridge up to preserve our relatively secure and controlled situation. ....
Letters: Restrict growth, beach pollution, America s Cup vessels and Whangamatā teenagers 11 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 9 minutes to read Automation, technology, and expert skills are the keys to improving New Zealand lot, says one writer. Photo / 123rf Automation, technology, and expert skills are the keys to improving New Zealand lot, says one writer. Photo / 123rf NZ Herald Stable population It is time to re-think the notion that we can improve our well being as a nation by aggressively growing our population. The evidence is everywhere that this strategy is simply not working. If we want to increase our well-being, we need to learn to do more with fewer hands by investing in automation, technology, and expert skills. Using our scarce resources to build more infrastructure and another million houses over the next 30 years is going to get us nowhere. ....