Emergency infrastructure in port more important than ferries
Posted: December 6, 2018 Filed under: Letters | Tags: Cook Strait Ferry, Cook Strait News, earthquakes, ferry terminal, GWRC, resilience, WCC Leave a commentThe Editor, The Cook Strait News, Wellington
04 December, 2018
Dear Editor:
The most important aspect of any rebuild of the port area in Wellington (CSN, 28/11) should be directed toward resiliency and the construction of emergency facilities in the wider Wellington region. The ferry port should be a part of this planning, not separate from it. Read the rest of this entry »
Kilbirnie ‘bus hub’ disappointing
Posted: December 3, 2018 Filed under: Letters | Tags: bus fiasco, bus hub, bus shelters, Cook Strait News, GWRC, Kilbirnie bus hub, Paul Franken, public transport Leave a commentThe Editor, The Cook Strait News, Wellington
24 November, 2018
Dear Editor:
I am disappointed with pedestrian access to the new so-called ‘bus hub’ in Kilbirnie which is operational now. Read the rest of this entry »
Donald Trump’s ‘natural instinct for science’
Posted: November 18, 2018 Filed under: Letters | Tags: climate change, climate denialism, Donald Trump, ecosphere, Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, President Trump, USA Leave a commentThe Editor, The Herald, Auckland
25 October, 2018
Dear Editor:
Responding to the latest IPCC upgrade of the need for action US President Trump has been quoted as saying that he has a ‘natural instinct for science’ in relation to climate change and asserts that scientists are too biased to be trusted. Say, what? Read the rest of this entry »
“War to end all wars” or “Peace to end all peace”
Posted: November 8, 2018 Filed under: Letters | Tags: "peace to end all peace", "war to end all war", Armistice Day 11-11-11, climate change, climate denialism, Europe, machine gun, World War 1 Leave a commentSent by post to DomPost, Wellington as part of ‘peace week’ in Wellington. Also, Sunday Star Times. Also posted onto St. Andrews on the Terrace website.
Climate change denial expressed so well by Trump
Posted: November 5, 2018 Filed under: Letters | Tags: Carbon dioxide, climate change, climate denialism, Donald Trump, Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, New Zealand, New Zealand government, President Trump, USA Leave a commentThe Editor, The Listener, Auckland
25 October, 2018
Dear Editor:
It’s easy from the perspective of this country to complain about the fierce denial mentality of Donald Trump on climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Airport still wants to expand
Posted: October 25, 2018 Filed under: Letters | Tags: Airport Corporation, Airport Master Plan, airport runway, carbon budgets, Carbon Zero Act, Ken Mulholland, Miramar Golf Club, Post Truth Era, tourism, Wellington Airport Leave a commentThe Editor, The Cook Strait News, Wellington
23 October, 2018
Dear Editor:
Ken Mulholland understandably is concerned about the future of the Miramar Golf Club and also potential loss of a noise buffer for nearby residences from the threat of an Airport expansion. But the larger concern should be that the Airport plans to expand at all. Read the rest of this entry »
