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14 — Botany and Ormiston Times, Thursday, June 7, 2018
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Watch out – Paxsters about On Monday, 21 May, I attended a medical appointment at the former Greenlane Hospital. After surviving the journey, (three buses to get there and three buses to get home) I found myself staring down the barrel of an oncoming NZ Post Paxster. These NZ Post Delivery vehicles take up the entire width of the footpath. Initially I thought they would slow down and stop until we could negotiate our path past one another carefully and safely. Oh, how wrong was I! The Paxster did not slow, did not stop but definitely was going to continue to go, even if it was through me. I stepped aside onto
A NZ Post Paxster.
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the wet muddy grass bank and fortunately avoided being run over. After contacting NZ Post on several occasions, the only response has been from their call centre to say the person responsible for delivery services had been unable to contact me for a whole week. This unfortunately means the
More mums wanted for study
Further to your article (Times, May 31) we were witness to the incident outside the car park at Highland Park. The restraint showed by the police was commendable. The young man and his band of friends were a total disappointment and their lack of respect during and after the arrest was, to say the least, disgusting. I am amazed that Mr Garnett has the audacity to criticise the police for his son’s behaviour. They showed great restraint under provocation from a gang of youths. Advice? change your son’s attitude and the future may be better for him and his gang of friends. Paul Rayner
I am looking to enrol local pregnant mums into research study ran by the University of Auckland. I’m a research midwife based at the Liggins Institute at Auckland University. We are currently undertaking a huge research project in the impact on the current diabetes thresholds in NZ on women and children’s health. We currently are approaching 3000 recruited mums across Auckland, and hoping to achieve numbers over 4000 in order to provide accurate findings to assist in the provision of effective health care for future generations.
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Boys’ behaviour was disgusting
PaxsterCam footage has been overwritten. How convenient for NZ Post! If incidents like this are being ignored by NZ Post, it will only be a matter of time before a pedestrian is badly injured by one of these vehicles. I find it hard to believe this one was being operated within Safe Operation Procedures and, if it was, then this needs to be changed at the pace the Paxster was being operated at! Please warn all your readers to be wary and alert around these Paxster vehicles for their own safety. Michael Phillips Howick We are hoping to improve our profile in the eastern suburbs, and so increase recruitment from this area. Please do not hesitate to contact me at c.overfield@auckland.ac.nz. Catherine Overfield
Get rid of him The partner of the woman who sold her daughter for sex was arrested at the airport trying to flee to India. Why did the police not carry his bags to the plane and send him on his way? Surely we would be better off without him. So now we have to pay to house him in prison for four years, when our lock-up facilities are overflowing. Australia sends their wrong-doing NZ citizens back home. Why can’t we do the same and we probably would
Reader Barry Wood is worried that people are harvesting shellfish after heavy rain. In this shot of his you can just make out toilet paper under the manhole cover. Photo supplied
Not good for your health How do we educate our new settlers that it is not advisable to collect shellfish for three or four days after heavy rain? On Sunday morning (June 3) three sewer manholes overflowed onto Cockle Bay. Later that day, the beach was busy with people collecting cockles. not have to spend millions building new prisons? Bob Wichman, Botany
We just want our pictures back To the person who broke into my basement last week, or his parents or friends or employer (because one of you will know who I am writing about). What you stole was of little commercial value, and by now you will
I spent some time trying to warn and educate the collectors of the pollution but due to language problems, most could not understand. I advised Auckland Council of the problem so we will see what their response is. Barry Wood , Cockle Bay have discovered that the two hard drives were both quite old, and they have only a limited life. More importantly, you will have discovered that the contents of each were almost identical and that they contained photographs that go back just on 100 years. They are irreplaceable, but mean nothing to anybody but my family. You know the address of the house you broke into, so I am asking you to just put them in my letter box. Name withheld, Botany Downs