1080 Poison Effects On Land & Water Should Give Government Reason To Find Solutions
Posted: March 10, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, education, Environment, NZPacific, Politics, South Pacific Region | Tags: 1080 droppings, alternatives to 1080 poison, day, department of conservation nz, environmental hazard, environmental toxins, government, horizontal, maori, maori party leader, Maunga Taranaki, moratorium on 1080 drops, MP for Te Tai Hauauru, new zealand, NZ only country using 1080, open, Parliament Building, party, pest control, poisoning lands and waters, Politics, talking, Tariana Turia, trappings better than 1080 drops, wellington 1 Comment
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MEDIA STATEMENT
The Hon Tariana Turia – Maori Party MP for Te Tai Hauauru Te Ururoa Flavell – Maori Party Spokesperson for Conservation
March 9, 2010
Trapping better than 1080 drops says Maori Party
Land and water are being poisoned by 1080 and the Government needs to seriously consider running a large scale trapping programme as an alternative, says the Maori Party.
“The use of 1080 is causing damage to our land, rivers and lakes and that should be reason enough for the Government to find another way,” Maori Party conservation spokesperson Te Ururoa Flavell said in response to the Prime Minister’s statement yesterday that there was “no other alternative.”
“Using people to trap pests is an idea we are looking at as it would keep our land, rivers and lakes safe for future generations and there would be economic, employment and training spin-offs as well, particularly for unemployed Maori.”
Mr Flavell said some people were already trapping, but that it was not being done on the large-scale that was needed.
Tariana Turia, MP for Te Tai Hauauru, was particularly annoyed to hear of the recent incident where 1080 pellets were dropped on Maunga Taranaki where contractors were trapping at the time.
“Maunga Taranaki is sacred to my constituents so you can imagine their anguish when they heard that poison had been dropped on the head of their ancestor.”
Mrs Turia said there was high demand overseas for possum fur and skin, and that the Government could look at this as a way of subsidising a large-scale trapping programme and generating tax revenue from an industry that had not been tapped into.
“The Government needs to start doing its maths. There are about 70 million possums in this country and their fur alone is worth about $5 each,” she said.
The Maori Party had plans to talk with the ministers for conservation and social development and employment about the trapping idea.
It was one of the Maori Party policies to have a moratorium on 1080 drops.
Official Statement: US Senator Daniel K. Akaka of Hawaii on Today’s Events
Posted: February 28, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, Environment, NZPacific, South Pacific Region, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: 52994607, Admiral, Alford, Army Soldier, attending, cemetery, ceremony, Chief of Staff, command, Daniel Akaka, day, full length, Hawaii Islands, Honolulu, Human Interest, mayor, memorial, Mufi Hannemann, national, pacific, Pacific Fleet, parade, rear, TSUNAMI WARNING, usa, van, veteran, William Van Meter Alford Leave a comment[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=Senator+Daniel+Akaka&iid=5247000″ src=”e/4/c/1/Hawaii_Memorial_Day_a88d.jpg?adImageId=10802072&imageId=5247000″ width=”500″ height=”428″ /]
Archive Photo: (L-R) Rear Admiral William Van Meter Alford, Chief of Staff at the U.S. Pacific Fleet Command, Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann, and U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) attend the Memorial Day Ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific May 30, 2005 in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Photo by Marco Garcia/Getty Images).
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka of Hawaii issued the following statement today:
“Mahalo to all the people in Hawaii who have been working together and following the advice of emergency officials to get through this natural disaster as safely as possible. My staff and I have been working since this morning monitoring the situation. We have been in contact with FEMA and civil defense.
“The last major disaster to hit Hawaii was in 1992 when Hurricane Iniki caused billions of dollars in damage. We were reminded that when a disaster happens in Hawaii, we need to be prepared to take care of ourselves. We have no neighbors that can quickly come to our aid.
“I worked to establish the FEMA Pacific Area Office headquartered in Honolulu in order to protect our remote island communities, and I have fought attempts to close it. FEMA now has supplies that are prepositioned in Hawai`i at its Pacific Area Office warehouse. This office is critical for disaster preparedness and response throughout the Pacific Region.
“My thoughts and prayers are with everyone touched by the earthquake and in Chile and the tsunami in the Pacific.”
For updates on Senator Akaka’s statements
Is NZ’s Bill English Misrepresenting Economic Growth Under Labour? In the House of Representatives.
Posted: February 25, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, NZPacific, Politics, South Pacific Region, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: Bill English, day, Deputy Prime Minister, government, horizontal, John, john key, key, labour, national, new zealand, nz finance minister, NZ Government, open, Parliament Building, Politics, talking, wellington 1 Comment[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=bill+english&iid=7851512″ src=”f/f/3/0/2010_Opening_Day_a86a.jpg?adImageId=10696536&imageId=7851512″ width=”500″ height=”375″ /]
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: John Key (L) Prime Minister of New Zealand speaks with deputy Prime Minister Bill English during the 2010 opening day of New Zealand Parliment at Parliament Buildings on February 9, 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Marty Melville/Getty Images).
We want to know. We want the facts, not the spin. Voters deserve better than a misrepresentation of the facts, if that is what is happening. It’s an insult to people’s intelligence to play those games in Parliament. Very patronising to say the least. Partly helped by New Zealanders’ apathy and paid media not reporting or picking up these issues in the public interests.
So let’s find out. Government Minister versus Opposition Labour: who can we believe? So let’s open the books, the real ones.
Live Stream: US Congressional Hearing into Toyota Recalls
Posted: February 24, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: Bestof, capital cities, Capitol Hill, chicago, Chicago Auto Show, congressional hearing, day, divided, finance, gesturing, group, hearing, illinois, manager, Politics, president, Preview, The Media, topics, Topix, toyota recalls, usa, vertical, Vice President, washington dc Leave a commentUS Congressional Hearing Into Toyota Recalls.Watch it live by clicking below:
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WASHINGTON, USA: James Lentz, president and COO of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.. is sworn in during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. In 2006 Rhonda Smith testified that for six miles she was unable to slow down or stop her Lexus ES350 and when it finally did stopped the transmission and brakes were ruined. The committee is hearing testimony on Toyota Motor Corporation s response to Incidents of sudden unintended acceleration. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images).
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CHICAGO : Bob Carter, Group Vice President and General Manager Toyota division, gestures as he introduces the 2011 Toyota Avalon during the first Media preview day at the Chicago Auto Show February 10, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois. Toyota has recalled numerous vehicles in their line for faulty brakes and sticking accelerators. Photo by Frank Polich/Getty Images).
Photos: The Faces of Haiti After The Quake
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: A Haitian man holds the photo of his dead son at the GOC university ruins on January 19, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Humanitarian aid is beginning to reach many of the survivors of last week’s deadly magnitude 7.0 earthquake amid fatalities estimated in the tens of thousands and widespread devastation. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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Miche Guerieri, 21, sits on a boat with her six-week-old baby after spending three days on a crowded ship off the coast of Port-au-Prince January 20, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Hundreds of displaced Haitians have taken refuge on ships in Haiti’s damaged port inlets, waiting for boats to help them escape from the squalid, earthquake-damaged capital.
Aid has started trickling out to Haitians devastated by last weeks earthquake that ravaged the country, though many fear not enough will reach desparate citizens in time to prevent humanitarian catastrophe. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images).
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Haitians wait in line for the distribution of food by members of the 2nd brigade of the 82nd Airborne January 19, 2010 in the town of Terra Noire just outside Port-au-Prince.
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Photos: How The Rest of The World Mark New Year’s Day
Posted: January 3, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, education, Honour & Tribute, NZPacific, Opinion & Commentary, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: /Monika, 1, 2009, 2010, 31, Akihito, Annual Event, Arts Culture and Entertainment, attend, berlin, bizarre, boom, capital cities, casino, celebration, Celebrities, charity and relief work, christian, Christians, Church, city, CityCenter, Cold Temperature, communication, crossing, Crown Prince Naruhito, dancing, day, December, dips, display, edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Empress Michiko, enjoyment, Erasmus Bridge, eve, firework, fireworks, first, flag, gather, Graff, horizontal, Human Interest, hundreds, illuminated, Imperial Palace, interest, International Landmark, Iran, iranian, Isfahan, january, Japan, japanese, Jennifer, jennifer lopez, Las Vegas, Lopez, national, netherlands, Nevada, new, new year, new year berlin, new york, Newscom, Nieuwe Maas River, On The Phone, panoramic, part of, party, peforms, People, performs, photo, Rahmanian, Revelers, ringing, river, Rotterdam, royalty, scotland, sea, service, sky, square, swimming, taking, Tehran, Tenby, Thousands, time, Times Square - Manhattan, Tokyo Prefecture, Traditional Culture, UK, UPI, UPI/Maryam, usa, Vank, vertical, Waist Up, wales, wave, Worshipers, year, year'S, york Leave a commentTEHRAN, IRAN: In a predominantly Moslem country, local Iranian Christians attend the church service on the first day of the new year at the Vank church in, Isfahan, Tehran, January 1, 2010. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian Photo via Newscom
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TOKYO, JAPAN: Well-wishers wave Japanese national flags to celebrate the New Year with the Japanese Imperial Family at the Imperial Palace on January 2, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images).
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Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko wave to the well-wishers celebrating the New Year at the Imperial Palace on January 2, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images).
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Emperor Akihito (5th R) and other members of the Japanese Imperial Family wave to the well-wishers celebrating the New Year at the Imperial Palace on January 2, 2010 .(Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images).
TENBY, WALES : A New Year’s reveller takes a dip in the icy sea during the Saundersfoot annual charity swim on January 1, 2010 in Saundersfoot near Tenby, Wales. Hundreds of brave swimmers ran in to to the sea to welcome in 2010 and raise cash for charity. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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LAS VEGAS: Fireworks explode over the Aria Resort & Casino at CityCenter as part of a New Year’s Eve celebration January 1, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for CityCenter)
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ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS : New Year’s Eve fireworks display illuminates the sky over the Erasmus Bridge crossing the Nieuwe Maas river on January 1, 2010 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)
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BERLIN: Fireworks explode over the Quadriga sculpture on the Brandenburg Gate in celebration of the new year on January 1, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Thousands of revelers descended on the area in front of the Brandenburg Gate to celebrate. (Photo by Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)
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EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM : New Year revellers enjoy the firework display above Edinburgh Castle on January 1, 2010 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Around eighty thousand people were expected to attend the festivities in Scotland’s capital. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK : After a one minute countdown, the ball drops in Times Square on January 1, 2010 in New York City. Security was tight amid preparations for the annual New Years Eve ball drop in Times Square. (Photo by Brian Harkin/Getty Images)
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Kiwi Samoan Heads to Taiwan Arts Residency
Posted: February 4, 2010 | Author: PacificEyeWitness.com | Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, education, Honour & Tribute, NZPacific, Opinion & Commentary, Pacific Scholarships Awards, South Pacific Region, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: 10-11 years, 30-34 Years, 30s, andy leleisi'uao, artist, arts residency, asia new zealand, Chiang Kai Shek, Christchurch, color image, conformity, cryptid, day, full length, history, horizontal, kiwi-samoan, mangere, medium group of people, memorial, mid adult, monument, outdoors, photography, Pre-Adolescent Child, rain, rear view, samoa, samoan, social commentator, South Auckland, Taipei, taipei artist village, taiwan, travel, tree, umbrella, unrecognizable person, visit, Walking, Waterproof Clothing | Leave a comment[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=taipei&iid=308572″ src=”0305/0000305294.jpg?adImageId=9885609&imageId=308572″ width=”500″ height=”339″ /]
Formerly an artist from Mangere, now based in Christchurch, Andy Leleisi’uao is the first New Zealander to be selected for an inaugural arts residency opportunity in Taiwan.
The residency is offered to New Zealand artists by the Asia New Zealand Foundation in partnership with the Taipei Artist Village.
Andy Leleisi’uao is an accomplished and critically acclaimed artist whose work blends his Samoan legacy with his New Zealand born heritage. He grew up in Mangere and has been hailed as a social commentator on issues affecting South Auckland communities.
Mr Leleisi’uao began exhibiting in 1995 and after receiving a scholarship to attend AUT University, he graduated with an MA in Art and Design in 2002. He has exhibited throughout New Zealand and has been involved in solo and group exhibitions in Rarotonga, Australia, the United States, Germany and Taiwan.
He will take up the three month residency at the Taipei Artist Village in the Taiwan beginning later this month. In Taipei, he intends to embark on a new body of work entitled Cryptid Amologies.
The Taipei Artist Village residency programme exists to promote multinational and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Managed by the Taipei Culture Foundation, the programme continues to be a centre for creativity, reaching out to local residents as well as foreign artists through a variety of activities.
This annual opportunity for New Zealand artists is offered by the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
For the residency, the Taipei Artist Village will provide Mr Leleisi’uao with the opportunity to learn about Taiwan, communicate with Taiwanese artists, and to establish networks with Taiwanese and international artists.
The visiting artist is required to hold an open studio and present the results of the residency at the end of the three months and to conduct a series of presentations or exhibition in New Zealand upon return.
The Asia New Zealand Foundation and Taipei Artist Village will provide:
• return economy airfare between New Zealand and Taiwan
• accommodation
• a stipend of NZ$40 per day for up to 90 days
• NZ$500 towards production costs
• single entry 90 day tourist visa
• NZ$300 towards travel insurance.
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