‘Erebus’ on TV

Press, 19 October 1987, Page 14

‘Erebus’ on TV

Sir, — I am appalled at the lack, of common decency and fellow feeling shown by the proposal to produce the tragedy of the Erebus disaster as a television programme. A tempting subject for dramatic television it may be, and not least because of the very general interest to the average New Zealander; but there are still far too many of our .countrymen, women and children alive whose lives were severely affected and also members of the crew’s families who have bad their lives substantially altered and disrupted by it Even ~7. though they may not actually view the programme, though I think, knowing young people, it might be hard to stop them, the jg that once again the Erebus AHaWer will become a topic of conversation. — YOO,S, GRETCHEN MARSDEN. ■ October IS, 1W- • I . . ■ ■ V.' JzLa’s security- L too. value • - -

(October 6), was prompted by the refusal of Brigadier Smith to elaborate on his vague statement about internal threats. In the absence of detailed information, one is left with the impression of scaremongering — an impression I am sure Brigadier Smith did not mean to convey. But, I repeat, how do citizens combat an unidentified enemy? Incidentally, my family has a proud tradition of loyal police service, going back at least 150 years. — Yours, etc., R. W. L. JEFFCOTT. October 14, 1987.