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Letters: Ihumātao, Laura Fergusson Trust, savings and police chases 21 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 9 minutes to read NZ Herald Righting a wrong National and Act have strongly denounced the Government's purchase of the contested land at Ihumātao. They say that it will open up a can of worms for more Treaty claims on, "private," land in the future. This piece of land was confiscated by the British settler government from the original owners in 1863, despite that iwi not being in rebellion against the Crown at the time. Mr Seymour and Mr Mitchell, would do well to ponder that fact, wh...

Letters: Maths and culture, abuse in care, fair tax and Trevor Mallard 17 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 9 minutes to read Basic mathematics must be understood by all students at year nine, or aged 14 and 15, surely? Photo / Andrew Bonallack, File Basic mathematics must be understood by all students at year nine, or aged 14 and 15, surely? Photo / Andrew Bonallack, File NZ Herald Have we reached critical maths? I recently read an article by Richard Prebble (NZ Herald, December 16) on why our Year 9 children were failing basic maths questions. This from the article, as quoted by a pri...