Comments on: Welcome to the F&B blog

By: Peter Dunn

Peter Dunn — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 22:58:45 +0000

Hi everybody
I read everyday about how polluted our rivers are and what isn’t being done about it. I recently invented a product that is made from recycled plastic, that is cheap to purchase, that is easy to install that will solve most of our river pollution issues. It will prevent erosion of river bank while at the same time acting as a filter for runoff. It can slso be used to improve the effectiveness of riparian strips. And it can be used to slow down leeching or seepage to a rate which can be safely filtered. NIWA are showing an interest but it is a continual struggle to get anybody to listen.
I have a solution that will return our rivers to the way they used to be over time. Anybody who thinks that they may be able to help is welcome to contact me.

By: Chris Pearson

Chris Pearson — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:12:06 +0000

Well just to follow on from my comment in Feb, I feel vindicated. This is clearly an initiative orchestrated at quite high levels in the new government who has clearly had it in for tenure review for a long time. Unfortunately I feel that F&B inadvertently gave them political cover by their (in my view) short sighted attack on the tenure review process a few years ago. I am glad to see a strong support for the tenure review system from F&B in Kevin Hackwell’s comments in the latest news section.

By: chris henderson

chris henderson — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:01:35 +0000

Did anyone else see the Fair Go programme last night highlighting the concern of a Northland buyer of fish and chips? Her particular species favourite was NZ snapper -imagine her disgust when she learned that she had been served frozen Chinese snapper…this in a country boasting of a $4 Billion fishing industry!
More concerning, the owner of the shop said it is common practice for most fish and chip shops to be selling imported
(Chinese,Thai,wherever) frozen fish if the local fresh fish were unavailable…What price the best fish guide ? Buyer beware…trouble is-how do we find out what we are eating ? Is it important?

By: Grace Sutherland

Grace Sutherland — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:38:57 +0000

And will the people from Vanuatu come down and help the next generation of New Zealanders clear “old man’s beard” from our smothered forests, because we don’t have the resources or will to do it now for ourselves?

By: Chris Pearson

Chris Pearson — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:56:21 +0000

Has anyone heard anything for National’s plans for the high country and the tenure review program?