Letters to the Editor: Voting responsibility, empathy and accountability

LettersNZ Herald25 Oct, 2026 05:00 PM4 mins to readThe Electoral Commission's Orange Guy. A reader writes that voters have "the responsibility ... to honour the people who have worked so hard in the past to give us some say in how we are governed".Go beyond the headlines with our daily news podcast The Front Page:Voting for a just worldThe article “Pivotal election for those who can’t even vote” (October 23) should remind us of the responsibility we have to honour the people who have worked so hard in the past to give us some say in how we are governed. The issues that