Showing posts with label dolphins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dolphins. Show all posts

Saturday, September 22, 2012

just business

Sometimes an event just sums it all up and those of you who have been reading the last few posts will know that I have been showing the connection between a number of actions by the prime minister john key and his government and the bigger picture of what they are after. Deliberate ignorance, court case on water, PR push by oil and gas exploiters, reduction of protection for conservation areas against exploitation. The digging up of Papatūānuku and the desecration through exploitation is a large part of their end game IMO. 

So what is the latest? At the world’s largest conservation summit a motion to protect the world’s rarest dolphins and porpoises, including New Zealand’s Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins was passed by 576 for and 2 against - and one of the 2 against was this country - New Zealand.

Karli Thomas, Greenpeace Oceans Campaigner, said: "Our government is letting minority business interests ride rough shod over the values of ordinary New Zealanders. By voting against this call to protect our most endangered dolphin, New Zealand has arrogantly dismissed international concern and has severely tarnished our global reputation.”
Shameful? Disgusting? yes for sure all of that but why? Well it's a pain to issue exploitation certificates when pesky dolphins live in the area you want to dig up. Simple really those glorified fish have to go and we can't shoot them so let's keep getting them killed with nets and fishing and destroying their environment. Shameful? Disgusting? Yep and if you think like that, like me, then we just don't understand - it's not personal, it's business.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

BB - good Ngai Tahu posts on fishers and fish

Two good Ngai Tahu posts over at Roarprawn.

Sanford Sealord stuff. I agree with Busted Blonde here - this is very shortsighted.

And the second post talks about hectors dolphins and the fact that fishers have to have an observer with them, and if they don't, they face court action. I agree again with BB that the dolphins should be protected along with everthing else. And i also agree that the protection agencies must work with the fishers to protect this species. Work with them.