MARCH 7 2020 LISTENER 7
a companion. How dare the
faceless bean counters interfere
with this taonga. I hope they
got their comeuppance over
their lack of understanding.
Len Newman
(Westport)
What strikes me about the
RNZ Concert uproar is why it
became an uproar in the first
place (Editorial, February 22).
Many love it, many are indif-
ferent, but some really resent
it. Why is that?
As for me, I’m stuck between
rock and a hard place, loving
as I do the classics and all that
jazz. In my late teens, the Bea-
tles’ Sergeant Pepper album was
the soundtrack of my life, and
I still love it.
My father’s love of the big
bands of his era has been
passed on. As time went by,
Pink Floyd and Dire Straits
worked for me, and still do.
Back in the 1970s, I was
dragged along to see Visconti’s
Death in Venice.
Gustav Mahler’s Symphony
No 5 changed everything.
My Desert Island Discs would
include that and the duet
from Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers.
A Mozart nocturne definitely,
and a bit of Oscar Peterson.
The common man in me
always loved the television
theme from Inspector Morse. To
me, it’s as stirring as anything
by Elgar.
If that makes me a low-brow
pleb to some, so be it. My
point is RNZ Concert is the
only station I know of that
shuns the narrow tyranny of
“demographics” and feeds my
soul.
Dean Donoghue
{Papamoa Beach]
Gillian Claridge (Talkback,
February 22) mentioned
the Simón Bolivar youth
orchestra, a film of which
should be required watching
by those paid (I’m sure
handsomely) to make stupid
MORIORI SETTLEMENT
The recently signed Deed
of Settlement between the
Crown and Moriori puzzles
me. The invasion by Māori of
the Chatham Islands in 1835
is graphically described in RD
Crosby’s seminal history of
the Musket Wars. Over about
three decades, the population
of more than 1600 Moriori
was reduced to 100 by way
of widespread killing and
cannibalism.
What puzzles me is why
the Crown was obliged to
pay Moriori recompense
of $18 million as well as
apologising? I would have
thought that if compensation
for the killing of over
a thousand peaceful
people was due, as
well as an apology
tendered, it was owed
by those who did the
killing. Or has historydecisions such as the proposal
for RNZ Concert.
She also mentioned a Yo-Yo
Ma concert in Christchurch
watched by an enthusiastic
cross-generational audience,
proving that serious musicians
are not the elitists they may
once have been thought to be.
As a child, I saw Margot
Fonteyn and Robert Help-
mann when they were
brought to the East End of
London to stimulate interest
in the classics. It was all quite
serious until the pair showed
us how it shouldn’t be done. A
magnificent leap by Fonteyn
ended in a tangle of arms and
legs and left us in fits. Not bad
for a bunch of dead-end kids.
Instead of downgrading
Concert, why not let the old
lady loosen her corsets and
allow the young in?
Carole Hadler
(Rolleston)- Which of these artists
released the 1984 hit song All
Through the Night?
❑Gloria Estefan
❑Madonna
❑Cyndi Laup er
❑Pat Benatar - What is the title of Margaret
Atwood’s Booker Prize-
winning sequel to her novel
The Handmaid’s Tale?
❑Lost Children Archive
❑The Testaments
❑Girl, Woman, Other
❑An Orchestra of Minorities - Which of these is considered
an aggressively invasive
species in the Caribbean and
Mediterranean seas?
❑Moray eel
❑Bull shark
❑Manta ray
❑Lionfish
4. Which Johnny Cash song’s
lyrics were written by the poet
and cartoonist Shel Silverstein?
❑I Walk the Line
❑A Boy Named Sue
❑Folsom Prison Blues
❑Ring of Fire
5. Which of these has a similar
meaning to the word “probity”?
❑Honesty
❑Antiquity
❑Vicinity
❑Duplicity
6. Wiener schnitzel is which
country’s national dish?
❑Germany
❑Poland
❑Brazil
❑Austria
7. The spice saffron is obtained
from which flower?
❑Fire lily
❑Crocus
❑Forsythia
❑Lotus
8. Which brand’s iconic
packaging features an image
of a boy chasing a chicken?
❑Marmite
❑Weet-Bix
❑Cerebos salt
❑Chesdale cheese
9. Which of these TV shows
was not primarily made using
marionette puppetry?
❑Space: 1999
❑Thunderbirds
❑Stingray
❑Joe 90
10. In 2016, which of these
was reportedly banned by the
North Korean Government?
❑Sarcasm
❑Door-to-door sales
❑Gilligan’s Island
❑Humblebragging
Answers on
page 60.(^10) by GABE ATKINSON
Quick
Questions
The letter of the
week winner will
receive a copy of
Singing the Trail,
the story of New
Zealand through its
maps with accounts
of the explorers
who created them.
Letter of the week
been rewritten?
Russell Garbutt
(Clyde)
THE FLAG FOR ME
The national Māori (Tino
Rangatiratanga) flag would be
ideal to represent our country
It is beautifully designed and
the striking red, white and
black image contains a stylish
representation of the koru.
The meaning of the various
elements is totally relevant to
all New Zealanders.
It would get my vote 100%.
Sunny Amey
(Paekākāriki)