1 November 2001 Media Statement

One Tree Hill needs tree says Lee

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee is saddened by suggestions today that the tree on One Tree Hill may not be replaced.

"One Tree Hill is an Auckland icon. I can't think of a better symbol for Auckland than an appropriate native tree to replace the pine that was lost.

"A tree on One Tree Hill is an investment in Auckland's identity, an expression of pride in our city, and a reminder that in a densely developed large city, nature is still important.

"As an Auckland-based MP, I hope political figures in Auckland will continue working together to replace the tree," Sandra Lee said.

ENDS

"I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree
Indeed unless the billboards fall
I'll never see a tree at all!"

--Ogden Nash

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>