N.Z.’s “Little Problem”

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32304, 23 May 1970, Page 44

N.Z.’s “Little Problem”

(N.Z. Press Association) . WELLINGTON, May 22. ( New Zealand had too much wind and water for poUution to be a serious problem, a visit-! ing American scientist, ( Mr Thomas Maddock, ( jun., said today. Mr Maddock has been at-i tending the Physical Environ-; ment Conference in Welling-! ton and has drawn his owni!

, conclusions from what he I has seen in the 11 days he I has been in New Zealand. He is a senior scientist iwith the United States Geological Survey. In an interview today he said that New 'Zealand had “a little bit” of; a pollution problem. ’ “New Zealand, with its re-1 lief and changeable weather, (is not going to get any very severe air pollution very quickly.” said Mr Maddock. The problem of water pollution was not easily overcome but was made more 'simple by the fact that New Zealand had a lot of water.

:: “To some extent this prob- ■ lem exists in your lakes, such as Rotorua. “I think the fact that you in New Zealand are begin- ’ ning to worry about pollution ! and do recognise that some ! degrees of pollution are alI ready in New Zealand is a good thing. “It is a lot easier to prevent pollution than it is to cure it,” said Mr Maddock. Aid To Refugees.—The New Zealand Red Cross Society has given $2OOO to help refugees in Laos and Cambodia.— (P.A.)