Waitutu Forest
Sir,—Waitutu reflects, on a much grander scale, a tragedy that is enacted every day somewhere in New Zealand. Private land-owners are enticed by an array of subsidies and hard cash offers to develop their patch of native forest or wetland. Against this, there is scarcely any financial encouragement available for the retention of privately owned natural areas. It is a questionable investment when, public funds are used to subsidise the clearance of pockets of natural New Zealand, especially as marginal land of poor productivity is often all that is gained. The problem is compounded as there are inadequate funds available for the purchase of further reserves. There is a need, to re-examine the Government’s involvement in this field and to determine whether its . priorities match those of society’s. At Waitutu many people will be looking to the Government to respond to the company’s offer. The destruction of a forest wilderness is not just a private matter.— Yours, etc. BRIAN BLACKWELL. November 26, 1982.
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