Report to Kirsty McNicol Fiordland Advocate 5 Nov 2013
The meeting last night played out as expected but there was a few unexpected moments.. That interrupting cell phone call was just bizarre...
The total Lack of knowledge of the Monorail was another... Then there was the Missing Kilometres of Paper Road, Sir Erkine Bowmar and the Greenstone Road to Elfin Bay, The World Heritage Wilderness Status issue, the slighting and total dismissal of Environmentalists, Moving the Hollyford Track out of sight of the Highway, the Direction of traffic (we have Hundreds of Buses on our side by Havill’s own admission they only have 7 on a good day), Not reading all the submitted Questions was a bad sign,
And not addressing where the projected Extra Tourists are to come from was another.
As for the People of Haast like Glenorchy they seem to be quite happy as they are.
On the Radio this AM Mr Havill said that at the meeting with over 200 people only seven put up their hands to object to the project in Te Anau.
He did not ask for people to put up their hands if where unsure or undecided or just didn’t wish to be rude. Nor did he bother to count the hands that where up.
Garry Tong in his first public Te Anau appearance as Mayor probably drew a few people in to see how he preformed
Garry was canny, he said he supported the road but was non committed on Mr Havill and handing him 5 million bucks for a feasibility study, or the millions in sweeteners for Queenstown and Wanaka not to throw their toys out of the cot.
The meeting last night played out as expected but there was a few unexpected moments.. That interrupting cell phone call was just bizarre...
The total Lack of knowledge of the Monorail was another... Then there was the Missing Kilometres of Paper Road, Sir Erkine Bowmar and the Greenstone Road to Elfin Bay, The World Heritage Wilderness Status issue, the slighting and total dismissal of Environmentalists, Moving the Hollyford Track out of sight of the Highway, the Direction of traffic (we have Hundreds of Buses on our side by Havill’s own admission they only have 7 on a good day), Not reading all the submitted Questions was a bad sign,
And not addressing where the projected Extra Tourists are to come from was another.
As for the People of Haast like Glenorchy they seem to be quite happy as they are.
On the Radio this AM Mr Havill said that at the meeting with over 200 people only seven put up their hands to object to the project in Te Anau.
He did not ask for people to put up their hands if where unsure or undecided or just didn’t wish to be rude. Nor did he bother to count the hands that where up.
Garry Tong in his first public Te Anau appearance as Mayor probably drew a few people in to see how he preformed
Garry was canny, he said he supported the road but was non committed on Mr Havill and handing him 5 million bucks for a feasibility study, or the millions in sweeteners for Queenstown and Wanaka not to throw their toys out of the cot.
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