Here is a sentence that should have made the front page of every newspaper in the Western world last month. It did not. Scientists writing in the journal Geoscientific Model Development formally declared that the IPCC's headline worst-case climate scenario — the one projecting 4 to 5 degrees of warming by 2100, the one that underpinned a generation of extinction … [Read More...]
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The Dam’s Water Is Uneconomic. So Why Did We Build It?
Buried on page 24 of the NRDA's 2026 Briefing for Ministers is a sentence that should be front page news. Waimea Irrigators Limited — the entity that was contracted … [Read More...]
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Tis Election Season
And dramatically, it is possibly the most poorly contested local Government elections in New Zealand’s history. Many candidates being elected unopposed and in at … [Read More...]
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Dam Lies Coming Home To Roost
The Waimea Irrigation (Community) Dam has both the Tasman District Council and Irrigators begging for a hand out from the Government. The once claimed "P95" $76 million dam as consulted on with the Tasman District was supposed to have a 95% guarantee of … [Read More...]
Tick Tock Tick Tock The Dam and The Clock
Summer is fast approaching and according to the NZ Herald "There’s now also a good chance the long-anticipated climate system - which could be formally declared within weeks - will sit among the strongest El Niños seen in the past 80 years, with officials … [Read More...]
Waimea Irrigation Dam or Waimea Community Bridge
The hundred million dollar question is "Will the Waimea Dam hold water or have we built a $200 million bridge?" In the December 2022 update Mike Scott CEO of Waimea Water, the dam construction company, tells us that we are still on budget but the budget … [Read More...]
The Question Staff Would Not Answer
In the interests of showing you the tragic trajectory of debt that the Kempthorne -- King -- Bryant dynasty has Tasman District Council on I asked Council staff the following question: Could I have a printout of the debt figures for the last 25 tears and … [Read More...]
Misquotes And Other Lies
It was very nice of Stuff to include me in their nationwide hit-pieces against those protesting against this Government's "two classes of society." Clearly an example of what $50 million dollars of support can buy. I found it appalling that during a … [Read More...]
I am back …
Hello again. Sorry I have been quiet this past year. There is a reason for it, but I am not allowed to tell you. At least not until the dam debt blows out another $50 million, at which point all bets are off. I have decided to stand again in the up-coming … [Read More...]
3 Waters Reform and More
Water continues to cause concern around the region. I have had some 500 emails calling for our Council to reject the Government’s Three Waters reform package. Oddly, not a single email in support. Incidentally, I use the term Three Waters rather than Three … [Read More...]