A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Opinion
Oh, how I do love the extravagant, hyperbolic claims of some of our perennial writers to the editor! “Our economy is in ruins . . .” and “. . . thanks to our luckless attempts to save ourselves from a common cold” — the last comment blatantly untrue. So screamed one ofthe letter respondents, referring to New Zealand’s efforts to avoid the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Well, I can still get milk at the dairy, visit the big M, and write letters to the editor . . . and I can’t see any rubble from where I sit. I also had a touch of Covid, but had kept up to date with all the appropriate vaccinations, so it was a short-lived illness with thankfully no ongoing effects. I am grateful to be living in New Zealand, and perceive its shortcomings to be minor when compared to countries elsewhere. As the song says . . . Don’t Worry — Be Happy!
