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GONE SOUTH

I also stayed up late to see Go South ( TV Review, February 2) … way past the bedtime of a 70-year-old granny, who had to be up early to send the grandies off on another day of excitement … but I was mesmerised by the peace and beauty of what I was witnessing, and was almost sorry to reach the end of the journey.

Are there plans to release the programme as a DVD? I would like to show it to family and friends in the UK, who don’t get the wonder of New Zealand.

Penny Tilbury (Dunedin)

Talkback responds: Go South maker Greenstone TV says there are no plans for a DVD release, but viewers can watch the threehour version of the programme on Prime Catch Up (primetv. co.nz/catch-up).

HEY, WE KNOW IT’S SUMMER

I wish RNZ Concert would reduce the frequent broadcasts of (admittedly, quality) renditions of Summertime and other music about the season.

Here, it’s 31°C in the shade (still morning), with no escape. Living is not that easy. Occasional broadcasts will be better. Thanks.

Maree Roy (Martinborough) DAN RIGHT

I hate to be a Grumpuffulous, but can someone at TVNZ please have a quiet word with weatherman Dan Corbett? I don’t mind too much that he Mixmasters his metaphors or slaughters his similes. But can he please stop saying “the North I”? Also, the South I and Stewart I. And New Zeala. Tauranga, please, not Tau. Auckland, not Auckla, and so on.

Then there’s a lump of clouds, a lump of energy, a lump of hot/cold/warm/ indifferent air and a lump of snowy weather? It’s weather, not my ancient mother’s mashed spuds. And as for the gasp for air as he completes one of his 300-words-a-minute sentences, just how near death is he?

I like Corbett. I’m sure he’s a kind man who is fond of jack russells and gerbils. But it would be nice if he could be given an extra 15 minutes to deliver his scripts or have someone edit them to a deliverable 65-70 words a minute.

Allan Mathews (Tauranga) PANEL PAIN

Can RNZ National please find someone other than Wallace Chapman to host

The Panel. Almost his entire show consists of badly read emails from listeners. The last straw came when he cut off a guest before he had finished speaking so he could read out more emails (not even on the same subject). If you ask me, just about anyone else would be better.

Chris Mowatt (Tawa, Wellington)