Google Maps - Lord of the Rings Locations NZ

Posted 27th May 2015 to the Southland Times News Desk Invercargill NZ

 In the past I have been interested in the way we handle tourists who come to our region to see the Movie locations made world famous in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit Movie Trilogies
I see Google Maps has Started including them on in there service but it would be nice if they put them in the correct place and perhaps actually cover the Te Anau Manapouri Area...

It just seems a bit rude not to do the job properly...

The State of New Zealand Tourism - 2015

Posted to the Dominion Post Newspaper 24th May 2015

Targeting Tourism Needs is a funny thing when it comes to Government.
Since the Early Days the Government has been the Bedrock of the Tourism Industry that Private enterprise is able to thrive on.

Museums and National Heritage  have always rated High on the Tourist Itinerary yet I don’t see them getting a boost from the Government
The Manapouri Power Project and Fiordland National Park have nothing in place to preserve and showcase the History behind the attractions that
Bring in so many tourists. Not that Meridian or The National Park Park don’t generate Millions of dollars for the Public Purse.

I like Cycle & Walking Trails but they are only part of a bigger spectrum on the New Zealand experience.

Part of the New Zealand Life style is collecting  of Artifacts and Old Technology to remember the past, that should be celebrated along with our historical achievement's
As well as Buildings and precincts of our Cities.

I think Weta Workshop and Mirimar have shown the way and its way more rewarding ride than Miles of politically expedient Cycleways in Places of no aesthetic Interest.

It is also a shame the Kingston Flyer is failing through the cracks when the TSS Earnslaw sails on when they worked so good togeather in History Passed.

New Zealand vs Australian Flag Debate

Posted 19th May 2015 to the Telegraph Newspaper (Australia)

I agree with the Radio New Zealand that there is nothing really wrong with our National Flag. As a piece of Design it works well
It’s just the Aussies who are the Problem when it comes to Identity so why should we have to change our flag!

Anyway our flag debate has become a source of humor overseas  and I’d like to point out that I made the one of the best Early Parodies
That got some press in the 1990s to Point out we are not Australia! 



  

Joe Bennet - Where are the ANGRY Greenies ?

Posted 19th May 2015 to the Southland Times Newspaper Invercargill NZ

Last Week Joe Bennett Mused on the Media and Global Cataclysm
And the smoldering Mess that George W Bush left in Middle East
As well as other topics of Humanities greatest mistakes that threaten to
Block out the proverbial Sun.

Joe should do a list for New Zealand and its impending problems that take the gloss of what was formally known as Godzone.
Doom and Gloom is always entertaining.. The Lack of taxation on Pondsi Scheme that is Auckland property speculation seem to very big now
As a threat to our Society almost as bad as the Geologic Faults and Volcanic Fields that we uneasily stride.

We have dumped all over this Country to be able to keep up with the living standards of the rest of the Western World spoiling our History, Environment and
plus created a sugar coated underclass with no voice and little justice and even less hope.

The Funny thing is where is the Outrage ? If it is all true why are the Green Intellectuals not swearing expletive-deletives and getting SERIOUSLY Angry ?
All I hear is a tisk tisk for pushing us towards a Cataclysm.

It stands to reason Joe is right, it is all a big game.  Kind of like Monopoly that is on crack

I don’t even think our fearless leader John Key wanted that bad to be “seriously” in charge of it all.

It’s just that nobody else really wanted to fit the actual job description in the end!

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Kim Hill - Bangaladesh Story - Radio NZ

Posted 16th of May 2015 to Mark Cubey of Radio New Zealand's Saturday Program

Re the opinion on Free thinking

People are Ignorant,
Yes in the West faith is a matter of choice and Free thinking in some cases
But in the Third World and the Middle East, ordinary people do not have an option but to
Do as they are told when it comes to faith and even in the USA the same applies within family groups.

Also terrorism is not random Violence perpetrated by self-centered individuals, it is almost always the manifestation of disorganized discontent
By sorry arse people in dire distress who can not or will not be heard in any other way.

(refer Terry Gillian’s Movie “Brazil”).

The Nations that suffered the Great War 100 years all went on to embrace the concept of “Thinking”
Sadly all the Countries and Peoples who escaped that Carnage still sternly believe in the Hand of God

This explains in part why Heartland USA Saudi Arabia and Non European Jews still get totally high on Blind Faith and feel the need to crank up another holocaust!

...And there will always be a Dick Chaney who will sell them the tools to do it..

Gallipoli the ANZAC lession impact today

Posted 14th May 2015 to the Southland Times Newspaper Invercargill NZ

 With the centenary of Gallipoli going on I keep hearing the same statement that all those men in World War One died for no reason.
Perhaps there was no logical objective for all the killing at the time but the result in the peace that followed was a great change for the ordinary People of the World
Especially For all the Countries involved  because the greatest driver to send the young men off to die was the Aristocracy of Church and State
consequentially the Countries of greatest loss decided never again to let leaders of faith & privilege have such power again... and the People’s Century was born.

It’s not been a Easy Road but our modern freedoms are definitely the result of the great tragedy that was the Great War...
As for Gallipoli It certainly highlighted the philosophy to “Quit while your ahead”. And know when your day has passed !

Not all battles are to be won.  Something modern Generals and Leaders should reflect on more often.

*Published page 6 May 15th Titled "Peoples Century"