This is a film image that I took during my last trip with that technology. The Ngakawau is a short river coming down out of the mountains near Hector on the West Coast of the South Island, a little north of where my sister currently resides. While this scene may look pristine, in common with many if not most of New Zealand's waterways it is heavily polluted, in this instance by AMD or acid mine drainage from the irresponsibly-managed Stockton coal mine nearby. The Stockton mine is run by Solid Energy, an outfit owned wholly by the NZ government- yes, the very same entity selling you all those lovely tourist images and slogans about the purity of our environment.
If you're ever heading down this way, it would be great if you could, in your capacity as a walking foreign dollar sign (because: monetarists in power) express your displeasure, perhaps via email, at the grotesque state of the environment as it exists here rather than as it was sold to you by Tourism New Zealand. Cheers.
If you're ever heading down this way, it would be great if you could, in your capacity as a walking foreign dollar sign (because: monetarists in power) express your displeasure, perhaps via email, at the grotesque state of the environment as it exists here rather than as it was sold to you by Tourism New Zealand. Cheers.
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