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Extreme Green risks Ross Sea own goal
There is a debate raging between fishing and marine protection in the Ross Sea region. Last week we took care of the myths purported by the green-necks, this week we will turn to three of the serious...
View ArticleHas New Zealand missed a golden opportunity to end whaling?
With the start of the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission, it is timely to revisit the issue of whaling and New Zealand’s recent attempt at a compromise position. A few years ago...
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Why Peter Young and his “Last Ocean” Travellers are Hypocrites
Why Peter Young and his “Last Ocean” Travellers are Hypocrites Peter Young used to plunder and exploit fisheries with no regard for their sustainability. Then he was “born again”. Sometimes there is...
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Euthanasia Only Tip of the Iceberg
How we deal with the end of life is a controversial and incredibly expensive part of our public health care system. I have been reading the news from India and talking to Geoff who co-authored the book...
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Greenies Sacrifice Humpbacks for Toothfish
Toothfish more important the Whales? – Photo Niwa Recently the green NGOs accused the Government of siding with the fishing industry when they refused to back a United States proposal for marine...
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Morgan foundation – Update on our activity in schools
Geoff and Nick with students from Kaurilands Primary In February of this year Gareth and a crew of 50 Kiwis set sail south to raise awareness of Our Far South – the incredible area south of Stewart...
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Does Labour have a hobbit as leader?
By Susan Guthrie and Geoff Simmons Bilbo Baggins and David Shearer have a lot in common, not least the preference for a quiet life. “We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty...
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Antarctic Tourism: Leave Nothing But (Frozen) Footprints
It can be difficult to leave nothing but your footprints. Could hordes of tourists collectively achieve what mining companies have failed to do in Antarctica and stuff the place up? In 1991 the...
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Govt and miners have learned lesson
Denniston Plateau – Image trailsource.com The Denniston Plateau deal shows that National and the mining industry have learned their lesson from their last attempt to mine on conservation land. Sure, it...
View ArticleMorgan Foundation Top 5 – 09/07/13
1. Not as simple as BNZ economist suggests A BNZ economist recommends tinkering in the house market by restricting home purchases by non-residents to new builds. He says this forces foreign investment...
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Who is Snapping up the Snapper?
Image by Orinoko42 The recent furore over snapper fishing in the Hauraki Gulf should serve as a wake-up call for recreational fishers. This is not a David v Goliath story about big business squashing...
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Time to be the Natural Capital
Time to be the Natural Capital In an election bemoaned for a lack of issues and poor turnout, one strong message has been sent to the Town Hall in Wellington: we want to make Wellington the Natural...
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Film Industry Benefits: Smoke and Mirrors?
The Government has just increased the film industry rebate to 25% to secure production of the Avatar films for New Zealand. Is this good economic management or politicians thinking big and being star...
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Dairy doing dirty on our environment
Our rivers are stuffed, and getting worse. The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report on water quality released late last year fingered the steady expansion of dairying as the culprit....
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Tan His Hide – Rodney hide denies climate change
It never ceases to amaze us how politicians (past and present) and other public figures have the arrogance to form their opinions without bothering to check out the facts or time to let even modest...
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Many rivers to cross to fix dairy industry
Image from http://envirohistorynz.com/ In yesterday’s article we pointed out how farmers have been converting land to dairy, generating massive private profits tax-free, but leaving the damage to our...
View ArticleWhy You Should be Worried About Labour/Greens Electricity Proposal
The Labour Greens proposal (NZ Power) has sparked a long overdue debate about electricity prices. Despite what National claims the NZ Power model is perfectly workable, and indeed similar models are in...
View ArticleThe fake-food industry needs to put its money where its mouth is
Katherine Rich’s opinion piece on sugar (Look at lifestyle, not just sugar, Mar 24) is what you’d expect from a lobbyist for Big Food. She’s about as credible as the cigarette lobby was before the...
View ArticleTime for SPCA to Admit it Doesn’t Deal in Unowned Cats
We have been calling for cat management for some time – for cat owners to be responsible for their cats and the Council to step up and take responsibility for unowned cats. Many people think it is...
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Rats & Mice
Our recent cat camera survey has rekindled the debate on wandering cats, and the risks they pose by killing native wildlife and spreading disease, let alone to themselves. The response from some was to...
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