Fiordland Advocate - Paper Roads

Posted 27th June 2014 to the Fiordland Advocate Te Anau NZ

Looking at recent headlines it is interesting to see how the 19th Century has managed to control the 21st Century in the area of Road Building
in fact those Victorian surveyors got to decide where the roads go for all time and also name nearly all the features.
However as the population & technology grows I must say it would have been handy for those old timers to draw in a few more paper roads
The Cycle Trail from Te Anau to Manapouri would be so much easier to start on if there was only a paper road in place through the margins of the National Park
and it we would perhaps be able to drive our Jeeps over the mountains to the West Arm Power station if those guys had a bit more fore sight.
Also if the Chinese wanted to boost Te Anau’s Tourism Status, that road connection Doubtful Sound to Breaksea / Dusky Sound would certainly put the Havill Highway to shame. But alas, it seems we are just living in the wrong century. It’s too late, the die has been cast.

Bill Maher - Political Polarization

Posted June 20 2014 to the Panel with Jim Mora Radio New Zealand

Hi Jim
American humorist Bill Maher has pointed out that America is fracturing Politically from inflexibility
The Republican Party is now almost entirely run by Grumpy Old White Christian wanabe dictators.

And the Country is brimming with people who these fine Fellows have disenfranchised from the Democratic System

The Strength of the USA has been to look after the people on the other side of the political divide because when its their turn to rule
You expect the same courtesy... Sadly this seems to be braking down dramatically... So are the panel worried by this or if they think it will spread here?

And is it in fact what the Master Terrorist Engineering Student Osama Bin Laden planned to happen back in 2001 ?

Dr Simon Denny - Classroom Angst NZ

Posted 20th June 2014 to Kathryn Ryan Radio New Zealand

Yes Dr Simon Denny is right to be worried about our kids and all the weight of misery that our kids have to face
We have to assure them that the Adults know what they are doing when all the evidence seems to make the World look Like it's being run by a bunch of Maniacs!

Our Education System has become part of the economic lunacy called Neo Con Capitalism who’s end goal is to pull the fabric of humanity apart in an economic version of survival of the fittest.

Yes Humanity has had to face much worse in the past but recently we have been acting crazy in our relationship to our children.

I guess as the World is about to hit the Buffers with the Neo Capitalist Political system we are all in uncharted waters as a Civilisation.
I bet the Kids will be picking up that we are stealing from them to feed the machine to buy us time.

Insight NZ - Department of Conservation tweeks

Posted  8th of June 2014 to  Insight  NZ Radio New Zealand

Thank you for doing a segment on the New Zealand Tourism Industry...
I have studied our Tourism Industry for decades and I think if the Government wants to
Double tourism’s profit in the next few years The Government will have to start doing some
Physical work of its own!

As it was in the past, the Government is the only outfit in this country that can coordinate Tourism objectives holistically,
private enterprise in NZ is just not up to keeping up with the play without the Government setting the pace.

I live on the border of Fiordland National Park and I have seen here that here and because of the seasonal nature of the region
The private sector operators can only pick the low hanging fruit and now has little or no competition to keep them sharp.

Nearly all our attractions where build up for or are by-products of Local and Central Government and that all stopped in the 1980s

The Private Sector has just milked those legacy assets to the limit and has stupidly overbuild in the accommodation sector
especially in Campsites.. And ironically the Department of Conservation is set to build it’s own campground empire to compete.

If Mr Key is serious about boosting Tourism then his Department of Conservation needs to lead the way.. make it’s own new product’s and not steal
custom from small time private sector investors. The DOC also has to treat the public with more respect in the measure of comfort and safety
Two things that should never be seen as counter to their conservation philosophy...

After ALL, the DOC boys have been given ALL the very best parts of New Zealand under their stewardship to benefit ALL.

Southland Times - Ottoman Juntas 2014

Posted 13th of June 2014 to the Southland Times Invercargill NZ

Reading Roger Boyes piece on the danger of backing Military Juntas and what is happening now in Iraq makes me want to point out that
For the USA, Military Juntas are way easier to deal with in medieval era nations like those in the Middle East than the assorted tribal, religious and ethnic factions.
So... The British carving up the Map of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War to divide and rule was great for the Western Powers until more recent days.
But since the Americans replaced Britain as the Global Superpower they forgot that like the British and the Ottomans Before you have to be always ready to step in
And wave a big stick around to thwart Medieval Madness, you can’t just walk away and leave them to it or you will have total anarchy. You also have to provide lots of carrots as well.

Thanks to the experimental interventions of George Bush Jnr into this crazy arena the United States of America is now overwhelmed with dead & damaged Young Men sent to try and force democracy on people who don’t even know what it is. While snatching resources. And Donald Rumsfeld manages to make himself yet another Blood Bath to Soak in.

Got any more helpful suggestions Roger Boyes?

Fiordland's - Mistake Creek Curse

Posted 12th June 2014 to the Southland Times

Thank you Southland Times for your Fiordland Stories 12th June,

Thank goodness for the Fiordland Outdoor Recreation Club Getting Stuck in to fixing the Mistake at Mistake Creek
That caused a man to perish. Actually Mistake Creek is the sight of a few mistakes, It is Aptly, Named Sir Erskine Bowmar
Started the Tradition of Administrative errors in the 1930s when he named the Wrong Peak on the map there. Naming a Peak Billy the Bastard was also a mistake. Then Geologist John Williams had a Bad Key on his typewriter and the Mountain he named was put on the map spelled with a C instead of a G, then the Fiordland National Parks Board made the mistake of re-naming all the features around the Creek with lacklustre names to deter unwanted visitors. Then I made the mistake of trying to restore the earlier names.

It seems a certain Float Plane Pilot made a fatal mistake just after flying over the Creek Then the NZ Geographic Board Made a Mistake of not Officially Naming Mount Tolkien in 2013 which would have been a good boost for local tourism.

The Other big Mistake story in the Paper was the Historic Wreck of the SS Waikere Making a sudden unscheduled Stop at Stop Island in Dusky Sound (Written By Lloyd Estler) Where 141 Passenger and 85 Crew managed to evacuate the stricken Passenger Ship without even getting their feet wet and by good luck got taken home safely and Quickly...

The Coal Fired Waikere sank without harming the Environment at all.. I hate to think How that would have played out today with a Modern Cruise Liner with ten times more People on board... ? So the moral is be careful what you name things!

Doug La Follette - GOOD Climate News

Posted June 7th 2014 to the Secretary of State for Wisconsin

This Just out..
98% of the World’s top Political Scientists agree that Climate Warming has no affect on Political Warming or “Heat” as some call it.
Using International Sporting Events as a measurements of burning carbon for fun, Scientists agree that there is no noticeable change in Atmospheric Political Heat since the last spike in the 1970s, in fact the opposite may be possible.

Survey conducted by Dr Harold Oinkmeister of the Ronald Reagan Memorial Porcine Institute think tank.

-----------------------
IEA Says the Party's Over ?"Oh Darn, all our cheap energy is running out faster than we can waste it"
It's all Doug La Follette's Fault for not using his Super Powers to save Wisconsin and the United States acording to Governer Walker

Posted Jun 5, 2014 by Richard Heinberg



The International Energy Agency has just released a new special report called "World Energy Investment Outlook

CH-CH Press - Monorail Battle Celebration

Posted 9th of June 2014 to the Christchurch Press NZ

I would just like to say to Pegasus Developer Bob Robertson, Thank your for your entertaining Monorail to pipe Queenstown tourists through to the edge of of Fiordland National Park. It has been a legendary Battle for the People of Te Anau and Manapouri to take it down.
It was Mythology in the making! it was to run from noware to noware in through a place almost no one has been
on money that was not yet printed for tourists from a non earthly realm. It was perfect theatre
with the aid of artists renditions and carefully scribed words Bob Robertson’s ethereal Monorail has become a Legend
And it’s defeat, a fight that we shall talk about for years to come !

We should be ready now to take on the more Earthy problems,
The Havill – Haast - Hollyford Road... Sewage Piplines and other ecological issues like Cruise Ships (Floating Cities) crowding the Sounds or even over-development in Milford, now that the “Powers That Be” want us to double our Tourism profit.

These are “twisty” problems that are not so easy to deal with and much less fun to fight against I warrant.

Radio NZ - Doubleing Our Tourism

Posted to Insight- Radio New Zealand 8th of June 2014

Thank you for doing a segment on the New Zealand Tourism Industry...
I have studied our Tourism Industry for decades and I think if the Government wants to
Double tourism’s profit in the next few years The Government will have to start doing some
Physical work of its own!

As it was in the past, the Government is the only outfit in this country that can coordinate Tourism objectives holistically,
private enterprise in NZ is just not up to keeping up with the play without the Government setting the pace.

I live on the border of Fiordland National Park and I have seen here that here and because of the seasonal nature of the region
The private sector operators can only pick the low hanging fruit and now has little or no competition to keep them sharp.

Nearly all our attractions where build up for or are by-products of Local and Central Government and that all stopped in the 1980s

The Private Sector has just milked those legacy assets to the limit and has stupidly overbuild in the accommodation sector
especially in Campsites.. And ironically the Department of Conservation is set to build it’s own campground empire to compete.

If Mr Key is serious about boosting Tourism then his Department of Conservation needs to lead the way.. make it’s own new product’s and not steal
custom from small time private sector investors. The DOC also has to treat the public with more respect in the measure of comfort and safety
Two things that should never be seen as counter to their conservation philosophy...

After ALL, the DOC boys have been given ALL the very best parts of New Zealand under their stewardship to benefit ALL.

Climate Change - Bilderberg 2014

Posted 8th June 2014 to Sunday AM - Radio New Zealand

It’s nice to hear what the people in Power are up to in there free time, They sound a bit like he TV series the Brotherhood of the Rose but
There are some real problems that face everyone coming up that only they can tackle because the voting population of the planet that can actually make a difference
Resided mostly in the USA and they appear to be struggling with that responsibility.

I think THEY really need to make a call on Climate Change and unsustainable US Bank Debts as fellow members of the Human Race or they look like they are just playing Sillybuggers with what could be a rare opportunity.

These individuals are suppose to be the smart portion of our species I think it’s time they act like it.

I am not Einstein but I can see two things they could do right now.

Discourage all burning of carbon for Fun ie: quit all international Sporting Events till further notice.

Take ALL the Bank Bailout Money and Put it in to a State Bank for the American People instead.

aka Competition and Security.

Make all the sick US Banks promise to give back all the money that the TAX Payers poured into them.

And lastly stop giving US Churches a tax free ride. Pour that money into a big pot for small business loans!

These are things Bilderberg and the Trilateral Commission could do if they are really as smart & powerful as they want us to think.

Garry L Stewart - Zodiac Killer's Legasy

Posted 5th June 2014 to Simon Mercep Radio New Zealand Afternoons

Your Story about the Zodiac Killer made me recall my childhood in Marin County California in the Mid to Late 1960s
I recall my Father and the Kids at School talking about this.. As a kid I think it was my first real experience with the emotion of Paranoia
That someone in our community broke could break the unwritten bond that we all look out for each other and turn it into a sick game.

It’s not a sensation I wish to experience again.

Hollywood however picked up on the Zodiac Story and have recycled it many times in Criminal Investigation and Cop Shows ever since.
Though Most Criminals do not bother leaving cryptic clues for the police to ponder or take delight in taunting the Media..

BTW I have a cousin who is the Retired Chief of Police of Benicia California where the First Zodiac Murder took Place..
I sent him a link to your Interview with Gary L Stewart Podast and he found it entertaining but he didn’t think Gary had any new material.
and he had gone over the case himself on occasion.

Southland Times - Sir Hannibal Heyes

Posted 6th June 2014 to the Southland Times Invercargill NZ

It’s great to read Te Anau’s Richard (Hannibal) Hayes and his older Brother Juno getting Queens Birthday Honours..
Just a point of Folklore history, it was never really confirmed that Richard’s Nick Name Hannibal was taken from an outlaw character in the 1971 TV series Alias Smith and Jones, Played by the late Pete Duel called Hannibal Heyes, A fictional member of Butch Cassidy’s Notorious Hole in the Wall Gang out of Wyoming in the 1860s.
Yet I first recall hearing the name Hannibal Hayes the Helicopter Pilot in the 1970s in the Wild West days of Fiordland’s Helicopter Cowboys, you gotta wonder if there is a connection? Sir Richard looks Nothing like Pete Duel...

Southland Times - Obama's Climate Call

Posted 3rd of June 2014 to the Southland Times Invercargill NZ

I read the news that President Obama seriously plans to tackle Climate Change however it begs the question,
what is he suppose to do with our 19th Century Steam Powered Capitalist Economic System?
You can’t have some countries flaunting the Environmental Standards the Planet badly needs because that
Puts trade at a gross disadvantage. Likewise if the United States didn’t turn a blind eye to mass undocumented Labour they would end up with Unions
and then they just couldn’t compete with underpaid Asian slave-workers.

It seems no matter how you cut the cards CAPTALISM is a blunt force system that wastes resources, people, countries and even whole planets!
It’s been patched and propped up and nursed along but the truth is Humanity will have to decide if they love this system more than Living.

One day will dawn and we will all see It’s not a Beautiful Ballerina, it’s really a Gorilla in a Tutu and if we don’t keep feeding it, it will go berserk on us...

Look out Mr Obama!



Printed 6th June 2014 titled  "The System Will Kill Us" 

Radio NZ - the UKIP Immigration debate

Posted to the Sunday Morning programe Radio New Zealand 1st of June 2014

100 years ago events took place that have shaken Human Culture severely and there is no doubt we are are at a cross roads now.

Since the 1st World War the traditional concepts of Nations and Culture have been in a unprecedented State of Flux plus Technology and Capitalism have
Poured accelerant on to the burning fire of Human desires for Security and Status.

New Zealand is not exempt either, in order to keep up with the rest of the World economically we have had to discard Socialism and bring in imported Labour to exploit
And have had to become economic bedfellows with alien cultures like the Peoples Republic of China a Nation that shares little in the way of communal values with this Nation.

New Zealand is not really addressing the Issue of where all of this will end beyond a four year cycle.

Personally I feel the Planet is facing down a great Struggle right out of Hollywood the Dark Side vs The Better Angels of our Nature.

Humanity will have to collectively pick a destiny for everyone every ware which would be Like Modern Sweden on one side and Nazi Germany on the other.

I sincerely Hope there is room for regional Culture and National Identity other than sports teams. I would be sad if we all turned into Human versions of Robots,

Permanent Model Citizens of the Military Industrial Complex until we ware out...  Hey that’s Now!

To be fair to the UKIP this Mad situation started when The British Empire Seeded All it’s Moral Leadership to the Voters of the United States.

Fiordland Advocate - Te Anau Cycle Trail Action

Posted 31st of May 2014 to the Fiordland Advocate Te Anau NZ

Thank you Fiordland Advocate for Writing about the Struggle we have had in the Fiordland Trails Trust with the Department of Conservation..
It’s not really clear cut what goes on in DOC they are a bit of a dysfunctional Family at times many of them are Wonderful People, some are racked with Paranoia,
some are just too overworked trying to keep the system going, they are a big old Family and they try and lookout for each other... But they are living under a tight budget and there are no performance incentives, in-fact the opposite is observed to be true. Some Cheeky People even compare the Department to the NZ Railways of old.
However that is not their fault, it is something inflicted on them from above, handed down from Wellington.

As for getting community projects done in Fiordland, it is to Wellington we must complain as they just set a new decree that they want more Community joint ventures with the Department. Nick Smith is the Guy we need to make friends with. He just stopped Queenstown from expanding into Fiordland so maybe he hopes Te Anau can do a few tricks of it’s own.

ODT - Bob Robertson's Monorail Mythology

Posted on May 31st to the Otago Daily Times

So the Fiordland Monorail is History,
Or should I say Mythology its was to run from no ware to no ware in through a place almost no one has been
On money that was not yet printed for tourists from a non earthly realm. Yet the Media managed to make it look real
With the aid of artists renditions and carefully scribed words Bob Robertson’s ethereal Monorail has become a Legend
And it’s defeat, a battle of legend !

So are we ready to take on the more Earthy problems that attack Fiordland National Park at it’s Heart and not just it’s borders?
Haast Hollyford Road... Sewage Piplines and other Ecological Timebombs  aka Cruise Ships (Floating Cities) or even over-development in Milford Sound.

These are “twisty” problems that are not so easy to deal with and are certainly not as clear cut or sexy to fight against.



Unpublished but recycled