Chasm of Despair - Fiordland National Park

Posted to the Fiordland Advocate Newspaper 23 February 2015

 A Chief Ranger once told me what a Burden it is running a National Park and being expected that every one in it will be safe from harm in it.
Just Lately I bet he is glad he no longer has that responsibility.
People forget Fiordland is a dangerous place and one must keep ones wits sharp in you want to get home to live another day. Every Bush walk can fool you if you stray too far
Especial at right angles, every waterway can be a pleasure or a Peril.
But people are spell bound to seek out our Wilderness and that means we have to present it in a way that is not only safe but satisfies the desire to explore and to photograph.
And though the Department of Conservation has done a great job for Mass Transit to the Chasm they sacrificed the Ambience it once had for the needs of the Tour Companies.

If you want to find the REAL (Milford) Chasm today you have to risk life and limb to see it.  There should be a second walkway for Nature Lovers to see the lower reaches that look magical on Camera. I think that falls in the mandate of a National Park Management dialogue. Same goes for the Bowen Falls, we don’t want to walk around the airport, Let us see the Darn Waterfall. Perhaps we have to put up signs outside the Park that it is in-fact a wilderness and you are on your own if things go wrong. That’s the deal with Wilderness. It’s a bit Wild and Natural Selection Rules there.

NZ Tourism - International Cricket Mess

Posted to the Christchurch Press Newspaper 16/Feb/2015

 Who's Dumb Idea was it to hold a International Sporting Event in the South Island 
in the Middle of February ?
Our Tourism Industry is always over stretched at this point of the year and now we have Chinese New Year to deal with as well..
I only hope that Christchurch’s decimated accommodation sector can cope because our Regular Travelers need places to stay too.

N Y Times - Scott Walker the Tyrant

Posted 6th February 2015 to the New York Times Public Oppionion

 I must protest at the way the Koch Brothers and their man Governor Scott Walker are treating the Last Democrat (Doug La Follette) left in the
Wisconsin State Government. Stripping his office of Staff and Moving him into a Basement is reprehensible Behavior.

Walker has shown a callus disregard to the old agreement that Winners do not Humiliate Losers in US Politics because the boot can often change it’s foot,
and besides, percentages of Votes is not a mandate to act like a tyrant.

If this is the kind of nonsense that Mr. Walker wants to bring to the Federal Government than Civilization is in real trouble!
sad to say, thanks to the Supreme Court, the Brothers Koch now have 800 Million dollars to Humiliate every Democrat at the next election!

What make things more sickening is that La Follette is a thoughtful old school Green Democrat who helped bring us Earth Day !

Scott Walker you make me puke!

Radio NZ - Auckland House Prices Curse

Posted 19th of January to Nine to Noon on Radio New Zealand

 The House Prices in Auckland are a sign that our Government is not only incompetent but nasty as well.
A proper Government is suppose to look after all of it’s citizens properly regardless of where they live
Or their Income! Clearly what has happen in Auckland is a total failure of Political will from Both Sides of the House to allow this imbalance to get so far out of hand... Besides we should not put all our eggs in the Auckland Basket as it is a Volcanic Field. Logically no NZ city should be a “supercity” as no Civic place is Geologically Safe enough to risk the whole Nation apart from maybe Oamaru.

Clearly now the Government is Pandering ONLY to Rich Overseas New Comers with 8 times as much spending power than to it’s own citizens who stayed on here and worked for peanuts to keep this Country Going. *Excluding those who win Lotto of course..

If you do the simple maths I would say we have all been hijacked!

Haville Highway - Haast to Milford

Posted 24th Jan 2015 by A Nicholson to the Fiordland Advocate Newspaper Te Anau

 I read in the Advocate that The Haville Milford to Haast Turnpike is all go on paper now if not In the physical world.
But alas time is against the good people of South Westland it seems, scientists say if we do not stop burning carbon
and ripping up the Planet like there is no tomorrow there might actually be NO TOMORROW. It takes a while but  our Governments will
Eventually Turn Green to ensure Civilization does not go down the proverbial toilet, Sorry this will Clash with the Highway on some Fundamental Grounds.
When the Green Revolution comes to pass, we will all have sacrifices EVEN the South Westland Council. Or should I say “Especially”

This material is not secret, it is out for all to read. Oh and If you are building a Highway along the Alpine Fault You should probably read up on that too.

My advice is If your going to build it, do it sooner rather than later.

 

Je Suis Charlie Hebro - Southland Times

Posted 18th January 2015 to the Southland Times Invercargill NZ

 

With all the terrible stuff going on in the World with followers of Ancient belief cultures I would like to point out that
What happened in Paris with the one sided shoot out between Islamists and Heavily Armed Cartoonists is not the World going nuts.

There is statistically a proportion of any population who are genetically  flawed enough to become brainwashed killers for other people’s causes especially ancient faiths, Tribal and Nationalism.

Why is it that Humanity keeps suffering from the Ideas of the Ancient World? It is a documented Data that the life expectancy from the first century was only about 28 years old so the Ancient World was it seems mostly populated by teenagers and people with undeveloped Brains. People who thought religious revelations came from drinking Seawater. They are also people who are easy recruits for suicide missions to this day.

Our intellectual elite says  Humanity has grown up now and we should stop this nonsense and get on with saving our planet, I tend to agree. Charlie Hebro’s lives should stand for something.

*Topic of Religion Closed by Editor due to Feed Back concerns

NZ Herald - Aaron Nicholson's Flag

Posted 18th Jan 2014 to the NZ Herald Auckland NZ.

There has been some debate about New Zealand Flag proposals on the Internet of late
I would just like to point out that my "NZ" Flag was in fact a cartoon parody of all the things
Kiwis said the New Flag should be. I had been a cartoonist of sorts when I drew it,
People should not take it too seriously.

They can still run it up the flagpole if the Government ever declares a national don't take yourself too seriously DAY : )