New Zealand, All That Remains (from Twitter)

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New Zealand Good on the Spin, Fails on the Delivery: Human Rights and the Environment

In today’s press there are two examples of how New Zealand is good at promoting its image, but it fails when required to actually deliver on the details. In other words the country’s mythology doesn’t live up to the daily realities. Here’s the problem. Too much mythology is used to promote New Zealand as…

New Zealand in Mourning as #Fonterra Slashes Payout, Fall of 2.7% GDP

The dangers of living in an economy too dependent on agriculture hit home today in New Zealand. Dairy farmers are facing a “disastrous” year after a prediction that none will make money from Fonterra’s payout forecast, issued today. According to an article in today’s NZFarmer.co.nz: Fonterra today cut its farm gate milk price forecast for…

100% Pure? Not The Air Of Invercargill

A South Island respiratory specialist Dr Roland Meyer has linked a “terrible increase” in respirable problems in the city of Invercargill to poor air quality. Apparently air quality standards have been breached 17 times this year, which is thrice the number of breaches in 2009. SCOT MACKAY, writing for the Southland times An alarming rise…

New Zealand Lakes – Not 100% Pure

Nearly a third of them are unhealthy, according to a NIWA report and pastoral land use has got a lot to do with it. The quality of healthy lakes is declining because of nutrients coming off of livestock farming, New Zealand’s fresh waters are paying a heavy price for industrial dairying and intensive agriculture –…