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2nd December 2009

Congratulations! I bought the Herald on Thursday in order to read John Landrigan's (excellent) article and found myself very impressed with The Aucklander altogether. It shall be a Thursday treat from now on. Thank you for giving this issue publicity. As someone who has been trying since August 2008, believe me, it has been heartbreakingly difficult to convince the major media of its importance. Worringly, almost everyone in New Zealand is going to end up living somewhere within an 800m radius of at least one, probably three (one for each company) phone mast. Cellphone companies insist that phone masts are safe, but refuse to sign any guarantee of safety or to monitor the health of people living in proximity to a mast. Alarmingly, insurance companies refuse to insure against harm. It is acknowledged that our children absorb about twice as much electromagnetic energy as adults. Our children are facing a lifetime of exposure to the effects of an unknown technology for the benefit of a colossal industry with profit as its bottom line.
S Honeychurch,
Waiheke

I've been told Fiona Jeffcoat was fined $300 for hanging a 'No cellphone towers' sign on her own home fence, without permission from Manukau City Council.
Since when has this freedom of expression, posted on your own property, been an offence?
To add further insult, her husband also got a $300 fine for being married to her and agreeing with the message on her sign.
Good job I didn't walk past and say "Good on ya, mate'' or I might have copped a fine too.
Have the Nazis taken over, or what?
Brian Morris
Flatbush