tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171936566349025791.post897553715949374575..comments2023-08-09T21:55:17.563+12:00Comments on Like Minds - New Zealand landscapes and thoughts: Water water everywhere... and submission[s]Donaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02514655834785883306noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171936566349025791.post-37540547762409291692010-05-08T17:20:41.756+12:002010-05-08T17:20:41.756+12:00thanks again for keeping important issues alive. S...thanks again for keeping important issues alive. So easy to be distant from events that don't directly impact on a daily basis on the minutae of our lives. Because eventually those things do have an impact and we can't ever say we didn't know or didn't have an opportunity to take a stand.Just trying to remember but the person who said it momentarily escapes me but the saying was Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126452957355278098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171936566349025791.post-56772998467763808882010-05-05T08:19:09.002+12:002010-05-05T08:19:09.002+12:00Kia ora Donald,
We have a very short sighted gove...Kia ora Donald,<br /> We have a very short sighted government in power, and their focus is simply to get re-elected by increasing any economic numbers they can, and wilderness areas be damned. 50,000 or so people express their displeasure in Auckland alone, and in the media, right wing blogs, ect., the only reaction I see is to marginalize those numbers by questioning the actual number of people.Ruahineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398484733805119294noreply@blogger.com