Daily review 15/06/2020

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  1. greywarshark 1
    15 June 2020 at 8:00 pm

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/419061/waikato-council-slams-watercare-planning-as-auckland-mayor-goff-warns-of-crisis

    Water shortages in Auckland will worsen. The Mayor talks about measures but doesn't mention saving by limiting baths and showers. It would be better to start this now and get people to think about their use of water rather than when it is an extreme situation. Economics of supply and demand can't be simply exercised here. The weather doesn't understand that. Are the speculators installing water saving tanks for roofs on the new two storey edifices that litter the landscape? It should be automatic, but though everything could be done, nothing can be done for the first time, I think. (Yes Minister tv show).

    Gpff knows how to throw in a bit of te reo so it looks as if he is conscious, socially and environmentally, but it's a pallid response which seeks to canvass all possible water supplies, and doesn't refer to any rules and limits set by Council, so unpopular with the entitled.

    "With Auckland facing its worst drought on record, it's critical that additional supply from the Waikato River is made available in the short to medium term, without sacrificing the health of the awa," he said.

    • Grafton Gully 1.1
      15 June 2020 at 8:35 pm

      House washers are already getting water from a spring. There are at least five. Western Springs which used to supply Auckland about 100 years ago, Anne's Creek and another on the opposite side of Hamlin's Hill, Captain Springs in Onehunga, Te Waipuna a Rangiatea and the Auckland Domain Springs. You can get an idea of the volume from the the streams that drain them. Western Springs is impressive and at the moment they all flow untapped into the sea.

      • greywarshark 1.1.1
        15 June 2020 at 9:03 pm

        I had the idea that they had dried up. Good to know that they still flow there, and help to maintain the salinity balance so shouldn't be too heavily drawn on.

  2. Robert Guyton 2
    15 June 2020 at 8:05 pm

    “bad timestamp”, so deleted. Frightened of Sacha, mostly.

  3. greywarshark 3
    15 June 2020 at 8:59 pm

    This seems fair as Cook Islands is affiliated with us or whatever – use NZ money and has been of inestimable help to various wealthy NZrs in handling their money safely. It's an even smaller country than ours we should remember, and we should all try to help each other.

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/419046/more-calls-for-new-zealand-to-include-cook-islands-in-bubble

    Spokesperson Derek Fox said, in the Cook Islands' case, the economy is almost totally reliant on tourism, but this had stopped dead, despite there having been no coronavirus in the country.

    Mr Fox said his group appreciated the New Zealand Government wanted to revive domestic tourism, but he pointed out typically about 115,000 New Zealanders holiday annually in the Cook Islands, spending $US145 million.

    He said New Zealand businesses still benefitted from this.

    "Almost every cent of it ends up back in New Zealand again, one way or another.

  4. RedLogix 4
    15 June 2020 at 9:30 pm

    The Twitter and Facebook algorithms are crazy making. We are not evolved to cope with constant confirmation bias and this means that people are losing their minds.

    Best of luck with this.

  5. Pat 5
    16 June 2020 at 6:29 pm

    Auckland to Wellington on a tank…and no test before release!!!!

    Dosnt pass the sniff test

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