Joanne Naish, Your article associating the Canterbury flooding with climate change is a complete reversal of one of the core principles of journalism. The people expect you to hold the powerful to account, not to do propaganda for them. Comments on just some of the misleading items in your lazy inaccurate fact free article. Your “reporting” in red italics. “Many

Protection rackets are an age old scam, and they operate on a pretty simple principle. Gangsters demand money from a business, and in return, the gangsters promise not to hinder or damage or otherwise harm that business. They also promise to protect that business from criminal acts by other gangsters, which is why its called a “protection” racket. Gangs made