"Does John Key understand that his failure to take the warnings seriously means that families have lost a food source on which they and their kids depend?
No, he clearly does not. His glib comment that this will be all ‘over by Christmas’ underlines his shallowness."
Metiria Turei has been on Motiti Island with the islanders there who rely on kaimoana for their day to day wellbeing. She describes how they are being affected by the fuel oil from the Rena and whether John Key's 'gone by Christmas' dismissal of the problem has any relevence at all (no).
"The shellfish could take many months to recover back to a healthy, safe state. They are filter feeders and there will have to be rigorous on-going testing of shellfish beds all along the coast and on every island and reef. The cost to the fish stocks is unknown, as is the impact on the phytoplankton at the beginning of the food chain. It could be months before the shellfish can be declared safe to eat. That means months without this food for those who rely on it."
Here's the link to her post at Frogblog.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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I see Sue Maturin of Forest and Bird is happy with Labour's policy of buying more land for the DOC "estate".
Being a man of judgement and sound reason I am sure you will be concerned at money being spent on more property when they are unable to manage properly the land they have already garnered.
Why do you think, Fred, that the department can't manage the properties they have now?
Could it be they are being starved of funding, support and hope for a viable future, by this National Government?
Not at all, Rg. Helun One was greedy. She spent money she didn't have on a dream, managing at the same time to hoodwink a few DOC staff into following her idiotic foibles. Talk to any DOC staffer worth their salt and they will all tell you the same thing - it was a great idea but also totally unaffordable at the time. The cost to our conservation estate is immeasurable, and is nothing to do with the current government. The ramifications of her wild dreams are massive, and will be felt in conservation for decades - unless we increase our wealth with off-shore drilling - now, there is a thought.
Fred,you talk of environmental protection and deep-sea drilling in the same paragraph, and I know you're just kidding!
Have you read Trotter's latest missive (at Bowalley Road)? Worth it.
Will do in the morning. Off for a quiet read in bed - first night these school hols without grandies. Cant believe how quiet the place is. We peaked at 8 for a few days!!. Heaps of fun though with all sorts of activities - most approved of by the parents??
But we need a breather with dearly beloved in full hay fever mode.
I don't usually like Trotter, too old school and conservative for my liking. But I read this in The Press and really liked it, along with Anne Salmond's opinion-piece. I'm pleased you picked them up.
So now you're blaming John Key for bivalves not being more ingenious in their evolution?
Armchair Critic - Trotter is hard to pin - very erudite and literary, but seems to me a moody bugger, whose surliness sometimes colours his thinking. In this instance, he's sounded-out the zeitgeist accurately. Mind you, the last time I referred to him, he came here and called me a sorry-arsed git,or some such thing, so I'll not make too much noise about his post :-)
If only pipi could vote, Paddy.
they'd vote for winston as a fellow bottom feeder
Or for Key, with his lust for paua.
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