30 September 2004

Waitaki Board Way To Go

New Zealand First says that it is pleasing that members of the Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Board were named today.

“As the only party that consistently campaigned for the Waitaki River legislation to proceed, New Zealand First is satisfied that commonsense prevailed, and that the complex and difficult task of formulating a regional plan for the allocation of water can now begin,” said environment spokesperson Jim Peters.

“The board’s development of a regional plan will take into account the ‘intrinsic values and amenity values’ which should be sustained in the Waitaki River and associated margins, and will determine ‘the allocation of water to activities as appropriate.’

“The importance of river knowledge and water management from the time rain falls in our catchments and enters our rivers and lakes is vital in securing our recreational, farming and business future,” said Mr Peters.

ENDS

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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>>