Hi folks,
Hope everyone is well.
Thanks to all of you who continued to support and value my work. It was really heartening to read kind messages of friendship and support even when I was not here. It really means a lot.
I’m still not fully back on, after leaving Substack, but have a temporary nest where you can catch up on my readings if you so wish to -
I’ve never been technically inclined but this will do for now until I have a better place.
By the way, today’s news is about the Government’s continued push to rapidly privatise Aotearoa New Zealand’s conservation lands - up to 5 million hectares of it.
As Forest and Bird, who do incredible important mahi, point out, this puts at risk significant ecosystems and wildlife across the country, including at, but not limited to areas such as :
Aotea Conservation Park on Great Barrier Island,
Coromandel Forest Park,
Cathedral Cove Recreation Reserve,
Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park,
Kaimanawa Forest Park,
Manawatu Gorge Scenic Reserve,
Tararua Forest Park,
Mt Richmond Forest Park,
Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia Conservation Park – Seaward Kaikōura ranges,
Takaka Hill Scenic Reserve
Victoria Forest Park,
Lake Kaniere Scenic Reserve,
Conservation Area Wanganui / Otira Catchments,
Remarkables Conservation Area,
Catlins Conservation Park
Fabulous to wake up this morning to the welcome call of this particular Tui!
Good to have you back.
Staggered at the short-sightedness of compromising Aotearoa's environment. Tourism being the biggest source of revenue, apart from anything else. It just defies every kind of logic, as well as being immoral.