Lignite letter (to the editor)

Next weekend's 'lignite' festival at Mataura looks to be very interesting and good fun. People from all over the country have booked a tent site for the festival and there are speakers from outside of New Zealand as well as well-known Kiwis, coming to give their views on what impacts the mining of lignite would have Southland. I was so impressed to hear that young Green Party MP, Julie Anne Genter is cycling all the way from Christchurch to be at the festival, that I've vowed to get on my bike too, and ride home to Riverton afterwards. Both she and I have our fingers crossed for calm, sunny weather.

Robert Guyton

RIVERTON