Mountain Scene - Nick Smith will Decide

Letters to the Editor, sent 4th March 2013

The News that the Government wants to have direct control over the creation of new Tourism Projects in this region is nothing new in-fact if you look back
90 percent of all of our tourism comes from Government projects that have passed on to private enterprise. The reason these efforts worked so good is because they fit into a bigger picture, however those days are long past and private enterprise just can’t seem to get on to breaking in new ground with Tourism as they promised.

But If the Government wants to get back in the swing of creativity they will have to look at things from a Grand Perspective again and that is not just changing the flow of tourists with new Transit Systems but making them want to stay longer, spend more and Return again for more!

They also have to consider the Large shift to Cruise ships and the logistics in servicing that industry... Let’s Hope Nick Smith is up to it, somebody has to be!

Map Snubs Manapouri Community

6th March 2013 to the Fiordland Advocate.

The new Go! Map that has been doing the rounds is just shocking.

They put settlements  in the wrong place and where none exist and they Snub the Town of Manapouri by not including ANY tourist information..
We are the Central Gateway into Fiordland National Park with Doubful Sound and the Power-station as major Visitor Attractions and they just don’t Indicate they exist at all. 

Or any Services or Walkways for that Matter! Yet they make the Milford Track look like it starts with the Door Pass..

No Mention of the Southern Scenic Route or the new Airport here.. Even the Kingston Flyer is invisible. As is the Motorau Hut and the Te Anau Golf Course.

Radio NZ - Guy Standing interview

Thank you for getting Guy Standing on the show.

One effect of our Precariat Society that was not touched on is Scuicide but as it is a taboo subject in failing states
I don’t suppose we can compare figures with the likes of Sweden. But it is a Human Survival Mechanism for a desire to die when one is surplus to the needs of the Community as well as threats of Violence and Duress.

Guy Standing is right Stupid People are a danger in any Democracy because they get scared too easy and panic Some are so paranoid of upsetting the Mystical Agents of Bilderberg they Attack their own so they feel they will be favoured well by our Benevolent Masters.

I wonder where John Key fits in the big Standing picture, I certainly don’t think he is offended by injustice to his Community like the Young Precariats are.

He is not in the running for the Super Rich Elite, so Go Figure his Pigeon hole!

Radio NZ - Antibiotic Resistance

Message sent 21st February 2013 to Kathryn Ryan @ nine to noon

Your Interview with Ben Harris make me think of Jim Moras’s recent Enemies of Science interview with Will Storr

Every thing Boils down to Humans on mass believing in everything these days except the Bettering of life for our species as a whole

Brilliant scientist like Fleming and Borlaug made it possible to Give us more food and longer lives but combine this irrational Human belief systems
And Politics and our scientific advances go down the drain..

Antibiotic resistance is symptom of our irrational Economic system that fails to recognise the world of Nature and Natural Selection...

Roll on the Holistic Human Revolution!

Radio NZ - Moons of Pluto

Message from 15th February 2013 to Jim Mora @ Afternoons

Speaking of lumps of Rock in Space..

The un named Moons of Pluto our up for Public Sugestions
To be decided on Feb 25th

But they have to be from ancient Greek Mythology...

I argued with SETI that they should allow names from Modern Mythology

I rather fancied calling one Gallifrey...

I asked the BBC if that was OK with them
But they have not got back to me : )

Still have to beat all the Disney names put in as Suggestions 

Claire Rogers - Hobbit Fever Tourism

email report sent 20th February 2013

Claire,
Good someone is writing about Hobbit Tourism!
For some reason down south there is little talk about it
Even though Peter Jackson has turned the town of Glenorchy into
Tolkien Central.

There is little stomach from the Fiordland National Park Doc Team to
Make any sort of Fuss about the use of Local Hobbit Landmarks to
Promote Tourism.

Peter Jackson Hasn’t Helped by “Flipping” the Images so they are
Back to front.

Meanwhile I am still gathering support for Tolkien’s Mountain
Which will be a more permanent link to the Famous Author we all
Are indebted to “Literally” for the Honour of being the home of
His Middle Earth.. To be decided on March 28th by the NZGB

Fiordland Advocate - Te Anau Sewage

A email report sent in 19th February 2013

I sat in on a discussion with Simon Moran of the SDC about the Airport Sewage Drama.

It would appear that They have no Evidence that the soil at the Airport is Better than any other location in the Basin for evaporation purposes.

There is no answer as to how bad the flies and smell will be at the Airport or if Nearby Kepler Wetlands will be effected by run-off in wet conditions.

There is also no allowance for development and new infrastructure at the Airport if it needs to grow in the long term Which is after all why the Ratepayers bought into it.

I wanted to ask As this massive Irrigation waste disposal process they plan to use is designed for Diary Farming,  are they thinking of a Landcorp Diary conversion program in the Future? Or are they Planning for Te Anau to Expand 200 percent of it’s current projections?


As for the New Scenic reserve areas proposed... They seem to be placed in random areas unrelated to the Real Scenic Vales of the area such as View Hill..
(They should only be buffer zones around our main roadways and Hillsides)

As for View Hill,

I asked him about this in my position as a Trustee of the Fiordland Trails Trust...
Simon Moran says he will dig out the paperwork and find out who betrayed the Community by stripping it of one of it’s most valuable Scenic assets.

So the upshot is that Manapouri Locals at least feel Hoodwinked by Secrecy plus express a lack of Transparency and accountability from the Council.