The reader responses have been coming in thick and fast to the Guardian’s website after the above article was published on Thursday. Please see blog post 100% Pure Myth Exposed By British Press. Here are a few of the reader comments, starting with a very typical ‘Pom Bashing‘ rant, followed by the usual ‘but other…
A UK journalist determined to expose false environmental claims has finally blown the lid on New Zealand’s 100% Pure image, and about time too. For some time the contributors to this blog have been highlighting the 100% Pure construct and how it has little, if any, basis in reality being little more than a tourism…
As we predicted 1080’s days are definitely numbered as public pressure against its aerial distribution continues to gather strength in New Zealand. At the start of the month Taupo passed a resolution calling for the abolition of the aerial dropping of 1080 and demanded a sustainable alternative to it for possum control. Now the mayor…
Another example of how the phrase 100% pure NZ is starting to sound a little hollow. Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill in Kawerau can continue to pump effluent into the Tarawera River, known as the ‘black drain’ and emit gas and dust for the next 25 years after its resource consent was renewed recently. The…
At last, a council strong enough and with the courage to take on the mighty 1080 machine within New Zealand. Taupo District Council have passed a resolution calling for a sustainable alternative to the highly toxic pesticide 1080 (chemical name sodium fluoroacetate) and for all aerial dropping to cease: That the Taupo District Council, in…
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