Social media for kidsIn her opinion column, Parents, not apps, will police ban (December 14), Heather du Plessis-Allan commented on the Australian Government’s under-16 social media ban that came into force on December 10. Hopefully, New Zealand will learn from this and follow Australia’s lead in banning social media for under-16s, just as we did with banning phones in schools. Sentences must fit crimeI totally agree with Emma MacIntosh, (letters, December 20), regarding Jevon McSkimming’s sentence. Sanctioned oilWill US President Donald Trump be fair and even-handed by applying the same response to sanctioned Russian oil as he has in regards to sanctioned Venezuelan oil? Will tankers carrying sanctioned Russian oil also be seized, thereby limiting that country’s ability to wage war in Ukraine?

Source: New Zealand Herald December 20, 2025 19:01 UTC