Typical. Are the forestry companies required to pay for the cleanups?

@FrayedBear Good question. No, unfortunately not, however the forestry companies are liable for fines. The fines clearly don’t have any effect, as they were imposed a few years ago for the same offence.

It’s a tricky situation, as the area is quite deprived and the industry generates a lot of jobs.

The solution is to process the wood on site, that’s probably what will be implemented.

Here’s the Beehive statement on the inquiry:
[beehive.govt.nz]

There will be action, as the local communities are pretty angry about the situation. To do nothing will cost an election.

@Zealandia Tasmania is similar.
I used to have a problem with attitudes where I lived. It was on the banks of a sea lake. Unfortunately run off from human poo pots over the previous 200 years had created a toxic sludge on the top 6' layer of the bottom. Instead of biting the bullet & cleaning it up they ignored it to let the mangroves valiantly struggle to correct the toxicity.
They could have dammed & drained the sea lake, cleared the sludge & treated it, then mined the sand that had washed from the hills the previous million plus years to let the water back in to create a pristine deep water lake. The profit from the sand needed by Sydney construction would have paid the local's town rates for the next ten years as well as creating a whole new industry for the next ten years!

@FrayedBear Seems pretty short sighted.

@Zealandia So short sighted \ stupid the council went bankrupt & was merged with another. Then the bunfights really started.
The same council refused to repair a road bridge over a ravine. The corrugated iron holding the road up was known to be rusted out. It collapsed killing a familly of 4. No survivors. No compensation paid. No one sent to gaol.

@FrayedBear That’s not very good.

@Zealandia Strylia - she'll be right!

@FrayedBear The same attitude here sometimes.

Here’s a good example. Chocolate milk is actually rated as more healthy than regular milk. No worries mate!

[1news.co.nz]

@FrayedBear By the way, kiwi land has got in on the deportation of crims bandwagon, aka 501s, and is considering shipping a female Comanchero gang member to Oz…

[nzherald.co.nz]

@Zealandia fasten up there's an Arbuckle involved. No wonder fat is taboo!

#Stupid is as #stupid does.