Southland's Solid Energy Future - Debate 2015

Posted 3rd June 2015 to the Southland Times Newspaper Invercargill NZ

Good on David Russell for his opinion on Solid Energy May 30th. I recall saying a word or two to Jack Murrell in this Paper a while back,
Argueing Southland’s Coal Reserves are a strategic reserve best left in the Ground, looks like That’s a good plan now.
The World is a changing too fast now to plan ahead we are living on borrowed Money and Borrowed Time the traditional lines of
Race, Politics and Culture are globally changing into a Divide between the Narcissists and the Empaths, one side say steal from our Children an the other
Says we can ALL have a great life with less greed.  Our Energy needs and our employment Prospects all depend on the outcome of this struggle. It is Clear that Southland and Westland industries are going to be greatly effected by Energy Issues so some sort of contingency plan might be in order that dare I say involves a level of social empathy not seem here since the 1970s ! 

(photo: Jack Murrell)

*Published June 4th titled An Empath Writes

Campbell Live Debate - Kim Hill RNZ

Posted to Radio New Zealand's Saturday Morning program 23rd May 2015

Kim Laments the passing of John Campbell's Show but as I write often since the Ineternet is the source of all Audio Visual News Television has to
Invest in Satirical news, If John Clarke did John Campbell's Job the Views would be a lot more Responsive, in the USA John Oliver, Bill Maher, Steven Clobert and Jon Stewart recycle the News and Poke fun at it as well as poke the wrong doers in the Ribs. Also Fox News is a right-wing Parody of the News and both sides can bounce off each other.

Frankly I hardly watch Jon Campbell as Kim Hill is to me the premier media Presenter and Radio NZ Covers the Nation as a whole and not just Auckland with is a different country all togeather.

The World is ever Changing and John Campbell has not adapted.. He might make a superb Radio NZ  broadcaster if someone asks him nicely : )

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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