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Capture: The Castle, in reply to Chris Waugh,
E! He tamaiti tino ataahua!
(Did you receive the Matariki calendar?)
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Ooops. Forgive the quixotic postings...comething is not quite right with this machine (or maybe, me-)
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The government needs to be way more pro-active and force every farmer to fence off every waterway on their property within the next 10-20 years, and offer financial assistance if necessary.
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for not having it done by now.
Hell, they should have all been fenced off by 1950.
It’s 2012 FFS!!!!
I totally agree.
I know of local farmers who, cynically, continue to pollute local streams (whitebait havens) with cowshit & nitrates because, they say, the fines are way less than the cost of fencing.
Community responsibility? RESPONSIBILITY TO THE WIDER WORLD?
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The government needs to be way more pro-active and force every farmer to fence off every waterway on their property within the next 10-20 years, and offer financial assistance if necessary.
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for not having it done by now.
Hell, they should have all been fenced off by 1950.
It’s 2012 FFS!!!!
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to Yamis,
The government needs to be way more pro-active and force every farmer to fence off every waterway on their property within the next 10-20 years, and offer financial assistance if necessary.
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for not having it done by now.
Hell, they should have all been fenced off by 1950.
It’s 2012 FFS!!!!
I so totally agree!
I have known West Coast dairy farmers cynically pollute local streams (whitebait havens) with shit&nitrates, and pay fines for the pollution - because it's cheaper than fencing off the polluted areas. Struth, I hate 'em- for their total
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to Leopold,
The film Once were Warriors in its opening shot expressed concisely what Joy was trying to say,
That opening shot was a photo taken by my esteemed neighbour Andris Apse - for which there was NO acknowledgment and NO fee paid. Bloody ironic eh?
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to Chris Waugh,
ourism is no more a problem than any other human activity.
I certainly would agree that all Pakeha activities on the West Coast have damaged the general environment (gold mining, coal-mining, forestry, farming in general, and - laterly- dairyfarming -) BUT
tourism - on the West Coast - has broken small communities in a way none of the other activities have done. It has broken the networks that SUPPORTED environmental protection and/or reinforcement here.
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to llew40,
<q>air enough Islander, I have not seen the effects of tourism on the West Coast.</q
Where on the Coast do you live llew40?>
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to llew40,
The counter to that is, while tourism is responsible for 1 in 10 NZ jobs, for decades they have been (and are) seen as relatively low pay jobs, and in many quarters not seen as where NZ’s future economic growth priorities should lie
TOURISM HAS ACTUALLY HARMED THE WEST COAST-
in so many many ways- I can detail them but it will take time to get figures (water pollution (giardia introduced as an example): rates increases (and decreasing population, and hugely increased pollution of all kinds.)
I *HATE* tourism as a driver (supposedly) of our economy-
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Capture: The Castle, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Everyone! KIA ORA tatou! Tatou katoa!
After a rollercoaster week ( really good hui-a-iwi/family catch-up) and really bad family news - another family member with cancer-)
May I wish all readers all the best as you all esteem it- kia ora tatou katoa-