A quick word
With the recent emphasis on the correct use of Maori language, the headline (Weekend Herald, January 15) “Vaccinating the Kids” needs to be questioned. Since when did baby goats become eligible for a Covid inoculation? Margaret Hunter, Te Aroha.
Who’s that at the window — banging on? Omigosh, it’s Omicron. Will we let him in or not? I think I’ll get my booster shot.
Ian Austrin, Whakata¯ne.
Please pass on my thanks to Steve Braunias for his “Diary”. He had me in fits with the horoscope for 2022.
Ross Wilkinson, Hillsborough.
There has been a witty suggestion that we should mourn the “mowing down” of trees by calling our country Nude Zealand. Current cultural imperatives would have us calling it Aoteamoa. Hugh Webb, Huntington.
Susan Lawrence’s description of Novak Djokovic; exciting, bluest eyes, and great legs, I suggest she goes to Specsavers.
P. Salvador, Hobsonville.
Don’t Djoke with the Aussies. It is a Hawkish country.
S Mohanakrishnan, Mt Roskill.
Anyone else fed up with the Government and agencies spending our money on expensive TV and radio campaigns to get us on board with decisions they have
already made? Colin Nicholls, Mt Eden.
This isn’t the year then we are addressing obesity and dental problems, when our supermarkets are selling 1.5l bottles of fizzy drink for $1.
Glenn Forsyth, Taupo¯.
Ronald Reagan, in one of his lucid moments, said “you can’t drink yourself sober and you can’t spend yourself rich”. This is what Phil Goff, needs to remember.
Neville Cameron, Coromandel.
Christopher Luxon says he doesn’t understand the traffic light system. This is worrying to hear from someone who is now leader of the National Party.
Barbara Grace, Grey Lynn.
Disappointingly, Chris, the innovative, fresh new whizz kid on the block, manages only to dully critisise the Government’s handling of our current national crisis in a mould of very dated politics.
Peter Dodd, Chatswood.
Luxon and Seymour believe the Government has no plan for Omicron. Perhaps their parties could buy them a subscription to the Herald so they would know what is going on.
Gale Gibson, Sunnyhills.
When will the reporters on TV and radio know how to pronounce Omicron? Does it start with om or oh? Does it end with n or m? Does it end with on or ohn? Confusion reigns. June Krebs, Sunnyhills.