Sat on it for a couple of days then let rip with this letter:
"....Simon Wilson's populist cover story giving a big thumbs up to Rodney Hide's SuperCity does not serve Auckland's interests well. It is a once-over-lightly piece of journalism that fails to do justice to an important public interest matter. "What we have now is broken", appears to be the article's central argument. What about Britomart? The Northern Busway? North Shore's cleaned up sewage system? The fact you can catch and eat snapper from our harbours? Newmarket and New Lynn station and town centre developments? Additions to our extensive Regional Park network? These are Auckland success stories. I agree that regional governance needs strengthening - but there is no need to destroy everything else to achieve that objective. That sort of draconian destruction might be entertaining to write about, but such journalism does not add to the sum of human knowledge, nor does it help Auckland...."
Then a few weeks later got an email from Metro to say I'd won a case of wine for submitting the letter of the month. Fantastic. Still enjoying the fruits of this labour....
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