– 11/6/99 – Readers have asked for a section where they can air their views on sundry New Zealand topics, so here it is. Address your letters to: editor@nzine.co.nz What does it mean to be a New Zealander in 1999? Bob Bargh is saddened by what he sees as a downward slide. Now it’s 1999…
Margaret – 19/10/01 To the Editor NZine Most people I meet tell me that they are depressed and that all decent values have gone and the world has become a terrible place since September 11. I have listened to George Bush talking of “a crusade” and of retaliation against those terrorists who are responsible for…
Yvette Adams – 14/7/00 Yvette Adams sent this letter to NZine asking expatriate New Zealanders to help her with information for her research. I am a freelance journalist and am currently researching a story about the ‘brain drain’ the flow of young, skilled and qualified New Zealanders to more lucrative posts overseas. To date I…
John Creely – 28/1/00 Every year we celebrate Waitangi Day with a national holiday. To many it is nothing more than that, just another day off work. To many it is a day to celebrate the signing of a Treaty which was unusual in its time, being a recognition of the rights of the indigenous…
Bob Bargh – 14/1/00 Bob Bargh looks at the myths of the Good Samaritan and George Washington and the cherry tree. Are their values current today or should they be revised? A couple of our ancient and founding myths need to be revised in view of the redefined values which have been universally embraced throughout…
Anne Frankland – 26/11/99 I can’t believe that Kim Hill (on Radio New Zealand) in reply to Winston Peters questioning her knowledge of the tax policies of Labour and National does not know what they are. Her reply: ‘Labour up, National down ‘ is biased towards National by implying an equal effect for all tax…
Margaret Clarke – 26/11/99 Tomorrow is polling day and I am still hesitant about which party to vote for. I have made a decision about the vote for a candidate as I attended a meeting at which all the candidates for the electorate gave a five minute prepared presentation and then answered a series of…
Sally Mulligan – 11/11/99 To refer to them as ‘mens sports’ would be sacrilege, but I would like to know where the support and sponsorship for the women’s league, rugby and cricket teams is. For more years than I can remember I have watched my two older sisters play rugby and when the time came…
