It's quite nice being tucked down here on the underside of the planet. Not many people even know we exist let alone where we are. In talking to a few new immigrants who have recently moved to New Zealand, I asked them the inevitable question - why move here?
The answers were generally built around how green New Zealand is. Surfing registered high on the agenda, chilled out lifestyle was another and sparse population. Troubles back in their home countries was common theme with maniacal leaders being a common factor - take note Zimbabwe and USA.
While New Zealand is fairly green, I am aware of how fragile that "greeness" is and I'm dismayed at how cavalier many citizens and organisations seem to be by taking actions that seriously jeopardise our towns, citties and country.
In my town, Gisborne, we are at risk from a number of environmental factors. The recent real estate explosion, (or is that implosion?) has left my city scarred by the effects of semi completed developments, some of these on prime sites.
The Gisborne District Council seems to be sitting on it's hands as these would be developers knock down landmark buildings and leave the raped sites and neglected and forgotten. What price progress?
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