The Star: July 16, 2020
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Thursday <strong>July</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2020</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
LETTERS 25<br />
used in NZ? Compo and Otautahi<br />
<strong>The</strong> pain and anguish of the<br />
survivors and victims of the<br />
March 15 massacres must be<br />
unbearable at times, as must the<br />
anger and rage.<br />
As Dr Alayan says, we strive to<br />
be a “land of love and compassion.”<br />
Taking the lives of other human<br />
beings for revenge or to<br />
serve as a warning to others, to<br />
make a point, are not acts of love<br />
and compassion, in my view.<br />
If it is acceptable, as a<br />
matter of principle, to take<br />
lives under some circumstances<br />
to make a point, it is then only<br />
a matter of opinion and<br />
opportunity as to which<br />
circumstances are acceptable. <strong>The</strong><br />
means create the end. Spilling<br />
blood does not lead to peaceful<br />
co-existence.<br />
– Marney Ainsworth<br />
Mohammad Alayan has a<br />
nerve calling for the reintroduction<br />
of the death penalty in NZ. He<br />
should look to the reasons why<br />
we abolished it. We have the<br />
world’s best judicial system. It may<br />
be the norm in most Middle Eastern<br />
countries to execute but not in<br />
this civilised country.<br />
– D. Robinson<br />
Sadly Mr Alayan has misjudged<br />
this country. If he demands the<br />
death sentence then go back to<br />
his own country of birth where<br />
that penalty may be the case.<br />
– Malcolm Waitt<br />
In this case it is very tempting<br />
to make an exception. But overall<br />
I say no to capital punishment.<br />
– Sharon Clements<br />
Yes I totally believe that the<br />
death penalty should be available<br />
to be used in criminal law where<br />
human life has been taken as well<br />
as other crimes that have caused<br />
the victim to suffer from an attack<br />
to a degree that death of the<br />
attacker is the best outcome.<br />
– Russell Ramsden<br />
I am very much against bringing<br />
back the death penalty in<br />
New Zealand.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re have been too many<br />
miscarriages of justice over the<br />
years plus the fact you are<br />
expecting some person to<br />
carry out your wishes which<br />
is not the right thing to do.<br />
– B. Turner<br />
I think capital punishment<br />
should be reintroduced for<br />
criminals who have multiple<br />
offences for the same violent<br />
crimes and who we know will<br />
never change and will always be<br />
dangerous to society if they get<br />
out of prison.<br />
– Garry Edwards<br />
Contractors<br />
As a ratepayer I am tired<br />
and confused. Contractors are<br />
requesting payments from the<br />
council to make up losses they<br />
incurred due to the lockdown<br />
and they are being paid out.<br />
<strong>The</strong> lockdown was put in place<br />
by the Government and not<br />
the council and it seems to me<br />
that the contractors making the<br />
claims don’t feel part of the five<br />
million.<br />
I see two options: <strong>The</strong> council<br />
withhold further payment and<br />
let the contractors take them to<br />
court, or payments continue and<br />
contractors receiving payments<br />
receive no new contracts for the<br />
next five years.<br />
Isn’t it about time the council<br />
stood up for the ratepayers<br />
instead of making them<br />
everybody’s lapdog.<br />
– Anthony Brooks<br />
Otautahi Chch<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was a full page<br />
advertisement placed by the<br />
Christchurch City Council entity<br />
ChristchurchNZ in the Sunday<br />
<strong>Star</strong> Times (<strong>July</strong> 12).<br />
<strong>The</strong> bold heading<br />
was: “OTAUTAHI<br />
CHRISTCHURCH,” and this<br />
name was repeated six times in<br />
the body copy.<br />
Has this been debated<br />
and agreed to by our elected<br />
councillors or are our bureaucrats<br />
renaming Christchurch for its<br />
residents?<br />
<strong>The</strong> ratepayers of Christchurch<br />
do not need this time consuming,<br />
expensive and confusing<br />
nonsense. Has the council a<br />
mandate to rename the city?<br />
– N.G. Smith<br />
Mayor Lianne Dalziel<br />
responds: Ōtautahi<br />
Christchurch has been used on<br />
many occasions to reflect the<br />
pre-European history of the city<br />
at the same time as referring to<br />
the city.<br />
We want to hear your views<br />
on the issues affecting life<br />
in Canterbury<br />
Send emails to:<br />
barry@starmedia.kiwi<br />
<strong>The</strong>re has been no name<br />
change for the city as claimed by<br />
your correspondent.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Ō is the reference to the<br />
place and Tautahi refers to a<br />
prominent Ngāi Tahu chief<br />
who had settlements within the<br />
Christchurch CBD prior to the<br />
arrival of European settlers.<br />
Ōtautahi literally means the place<br />
of Tautahi.<br />
As a council we added<br />
Ōtautahi to our vision statement<br />
as part of the city’s strategic<br />
framework last year. It reads:<br />
“Ōtautahi-Christchurch is a city<br />
of opportunity for all – open to<br />
new ideas, new people and new<br />
ways of doing things – a city<br />
where anything is possible.”<br />
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