Quote Originally Posted by Byron haugh View Post
Any word on the recent earthquake there?
No lives lost as far as I know, but the locals were totally unnerved by the latest earthquake. It had its genesis somewhere out on the offshore seabed and took the scientists by surprise.

The New Zealand government's latest effort at a coordinated water resource management plan is very much slanted in favour of big farming. The media release from NZ Fish & Game is available on the link below:

http://www.fishandgame.org.nz/newsit...-water-quality

The NZ Prime Minister is an ex-Merrill Lynch money trader reputedly worth $NZ80 million. The Deputy Prime Minister is a farmer. I leave you to judge whether people of that kind want to hand on a clean environment to future generations.