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I’m not knowledgeable enough yet. I recently moved here from Washington DC because of how crazy American politics is getting, I will be interested in looking more into New Zealand elections. Hopefully it will be more civil, reasonable and sensible though.

I’ll probably be looking at voting for a smaller party this year, it seems like the big two can’t stop bickering and aren’t taking care of what is actually important for Kiwis. They at least seem to be bringing some new ideas to the table.

Can I say as a past road transport signal engineer, whilst there is nothing wrong with dual, triple or even quadruple signage, as seen in many Asian countries, the major country’s language should take precedence over any minor language, either within that country or an overseas one. To not do so will cause unnecessary confusion and can lead to accidents.

For instance, the Maori name for school is Kura, yet by putting it first, on the sign, suggests the name of the school ahead is Kura! It must also be remembered that NZ has around 4m overseas visitors a year, the majority of which will be English language speakers, whilst for the others, Eng-

Museum Funding

Heritage Education must be retained here. Sign on Museum says “Inspiring Generations”, MDC will have to get a new sign. Ministry of Education needs a geography lesson if it thinks my children are going to Nelson to learn Marlborough history! Our children have all benefited from the local classes, packed with local content, mostly taught at the actual site and taught with passion.

Maree Squire

lish will be their second language, so it is easy to see how putting Māori first will cause confusion. We already fail to use international road signage, such as a solid yellow stop line instead of a white one, and a solid white line for give way instead of a white dotted one. Let’s not add more confusion. It must also be remembered, that by Māori’s own reckoning, less than 100,000 people converse daily in Te Reo.

Chris Davies

Past traffic signal engineer 27 Admiralty Place, Waikawa 7220 0210 488 582

How awesome. Another few thousand tons of carbon created by a small elite group of people from all over the globe.

Gary Wills

Writing Scoops National Award

Well-deserved Paula Hulburt - always love reading your articles

Angela Bourke

Not really, it hasn’t become interesting or engaging yet. I try but at the moment it’s just confusing words about stuff I don’t know about, I will keep reading up as we get closer.

I haven’t really seen anything because I am keeping off social media and the internet at the moment, but I’ll look into who I want to vote for more closely in the lead up and come to a conclusion from that.

Godzone To Be Hosted In Marlborough For The First Time

Drop them off at Durville Island and let them rip! Awesome news for Marlborough.

Richie Walter

Congratulations Paula, great to see your good work recognised!

Sonia O’Regan

Congratulations Paula! I enjoy reading your articles from Cromwell.

Jac Lockington