From Kapiti Independent News: The Horowhenua Council’s Chief Executive confidentially agreed to provide nearly a million dollars to Te Runanga o Raukawa provided it did not object to a wastewater scheme. Chief executive David Clapperton made the confidential agreement to provide at least $880,500 to Te Runanga o Raukawa on the proviso the Runanga withdraw […]

via Horowhenua Council’s Secret Payout (Kapiti Independent) — Rangitikei Enviromental Health Watch

You will have received this leaflet with the latest rates demand advertising a free service by a Richard Morrison who seems to be on the KCDC payroll — if so you’ll be paying for him via your rates impost, so you may as well make use of the service if you think it could be useful.

Other things: those with wood fires should ensure they clean their chimneys — the Fire Service tell us that chimney fires are their main cause of call-outs during the winter months.

Other general maintenance like potential roof leaks, clogged spouting and guttering obviously should be attended to as well.

Reader Joseph Nowak has forwarded the following information he obtained from DoC. DoC’s letter explains the purpose of the recent helicopter tour over Fiordland by 30 international bankers, escorted by the heads of both DoC and Hong Kong’s Goldman Sachs. For previous information surrounding this info request in particular the Nature Conservancy group (NC) see […]

via DoC says the 30 international bankers touring Fiordland last month were about recovering our kākāpō and takahē yet still no mention in mainstream media? — Rangitikei Enviromental Health Watch

I’ve been in New Zealand for 9 months now and I am in just about every Facebook group against 1080. I’m quite horrified and actually depressed about the stories, photos and videos I have seen.

I’ve noticed the media never tell both sides of the controversial issue. The only news I see is about vandalism, which seems very unfair considering most people in the Facebook groups are professionals, retirees and just decent law-abiding citizens concerned about the health of the planet.

My biggest concerns are not only the immense cruelty and suffering of the victims, but the hundreds of pets that are killed every year and of course the many birds and insects that feed off the carcasses, and how this affects the ecosystem, plus the dead animals that get washed into the waterways.

I’m an aged care worker and a few of my elderly clients in their 90s who were ex-hunters told me how disgusted they were about 1080 back in the 1960s.

One client described to me how he used to hunt in the Lewis Pass and a week after a drop he returned to find dead birds everywhere. The forest were silent. You could not hear one bird, he said.

I’m considering moving back to my country as I don’t feel it’s very safe here for my pets. The forests in New Zealand are eerily and tragically silent.

Louise Watson of Lyttelton

(This first appeared in The Press on 24 April 2018.)

We catch up with Tom MacTavish, a Marine Ranger, undertaking monitoring at Banks Peninsula’s marine reserves. This is the first blog in a series following the work he is doing with baited remote underwater video.

via Monitoring our Marine Reserves: An eye beneath the water — Conservation blog

Google has a political agenda and doesn’t like those who disagree with it, see earlier post.

Originally posted on Nwo Report: ByAmanda Prestigiacomo: On Wednesday, Google announced its crackdown on pro-life ads on both their search engine site and YouTube ahead of Ireland’s vote on the legalization of abortion via the repeal of the country’s Eighth Amendment, which is set for May 25. In a statement released by Google, the tech…

via RIGGED: Google Bans Pro-Life Ads Ahead Of Ireland Vote On Abortion Legalization — Rangitikei Enviromental Health Watch

head lights in more ways than one 🙂

1966 Ford Thunderbird, very nice 🙂

Moana Nui outrigger waka

We went 15 km north and spent a couple of hours at this event this morning.  The ground showed evidence of recent rain, so there wasn’t much Rockabilly dance happening, but we perused the stalls and, of course, the line of classic cars, trucks and hot rods.

Some themes were a little less gentille than at the Gear Jammers at Paraparaumu in March (well, it is Otaki  🙂 ), catering for those into counterculture.   Maori sports and cultural activities were also prominent.