"PARADISE LOST"
Sir-in a recent edition of The Listener there appeared an article under the caption of "Paradise Lost" by one Gordon Ingham. We, the business men of .Oneroa, one of the places mentioned in the article, are rather perturbed at
the effect the publication of it may have upon the travelling public. In the first Place, the general nature of the article is quite contrary to fact, and a slur is cast upon one of the finest seaside. resorts'in New Zealand. In effect it also casts aspersions on the mentality of the many retired people, from all walks of life, who have come here to live because they think it is an ideal place for this purpose. There is a permanent population of approximately 2000 living on the island, and this is indicative of its popularity. During the summer and holiday periods several thousand visitors regularly arrive. We are very much concerned that you, as Editor of a paper that reaches practically every second home in New Zealand, allowed the publication of an article which made a scurrilous attack on
certain named towns without taking any steps to verify particulars alleged to exist. A definite wrong has been done to Waiheke Island, and to Oneroa in. particular, and we look to you to take appropriate steps to right this wrong. We are business men with substantial .interests in Oneroa, and await your reaction to this letter of protest. THE BUSINESSMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF ONEROA (Waiheke Island). ! (We are surprised that so many peoplethe letter has 20 signatures-could approve the use of "scurrilous attack’? to ‘describe a harmless satire. We are even more surprised that their confidence in their community can be so easily shaken. The town is not yet built, or the seaside resort discovered, which can be harmed by a little laughter.-Ed.)
Sir.-Replying to your article entitled "Paradise Lost" I would suggest the writer seek a caretaker’s flat on top of a’ Queen Street skyscraper, there to wield his vitriolic pen and broom to his heart’s content. For six long years he drummed into us his belief that we were mostly fools, more especially those in office giving of their time and energy to the furtherance of the island’s progress, there being only one wise man-to wit, himself. The bitterness he thus engendered amongst us has now clearly shown itself in the tone of his own words as having rebounded upon its author.
T. M.
COPELAND
(Waiheke Island),
( Abridged.-Ed. )
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 723, 22 May 1953, Page 5
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