Posts by Sacha
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Can I ask where your history of art comes from, Paul?
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Did Maori art like the Te Maori exhibition make any impact on your assessment, Paul?
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Mr Brownlee said the Government's books were in a parlous state and it needed money, which mining could help generate, to help families under pressure.
Thank goodness someone's thinking of the children. The ones whose parents the Nats must give tax cuts too. Got to pay for them somehow, so why not hock the family silver even if it means despoiling the dining table forever?
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brains
Quick, draft in the theatrical Wellingtonistas
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Anything's sustainable if you can get away with it long enough. Certain political careers come to mind.
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Speaking of ambitious, Fran O'Sullivan wishes John Key would act more macho like Gordon Gekko - because mining our conservation land for a pittance is really attractive to young folk who might otherwise move overseas (or perhaps work in tourism).
Some $80 billion of the NZ's estimated $194 billion estimated onshore mineral wealth (apart from hydrocarbons) sits on Conservation land. Accessing even 10 per cent of that would give the NZ economy a fillup in coming years by bolstering our balance of payments, creating new jobs and earning royalties for the taxpayer.
This is exactly the kind of diversification we ought to be considering if NZ is to grow to the point where young New Zealanders decide they can build a future here.
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Islander - That's gotta be one of the best come-back lines ever!
Reckon
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Hilary, that's the structural poverty side of it (shared with some other population groups) - and then there's the inaccessible site/service design on top of that.
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Detailed Herald backgrounder (ta Peter McLennan).
In his now-infamous speech, Brownlee talked up natural resources as playing a big role in improving economic growth and raising living standards. He didn't mention that the industry rates the odds of a new mineral prospect proving economic at 1000 to one.
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[Forest & Bird's Kevin Hackwell] doubts the economic benefits of mining would outstrip the tourism gains of leaving Schedule Four areas untouched. He points to the tax losses which exploration companies declare and the small numbers employed in mining compared to tourism. For Waihi, having a gold mine on the doorstep has not proved a path to riches, with welfare dependency higher than in neighbouring towns.
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Or a cigar