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Jiggety-jig
We may officially be called Auckland, but FB posts like this one remind us there is still plenty of ‘country’ left in the area. So many questions left unanswered here … does the lady know she’s being stalked by a pig, was the pig off to market, and what happened to the dog? Surely there must a Part Two of this story!
Not allowed … and no butts!
There is a large new sign at the entrance to Tawharanui Regional Park that reads, ‘Rare NZ birds live here. No dogs. No cats. No pets.’ If you think the final clarification of exactly what is banned might be leaning towards overkill, think again. Not only do an alarming number of people still try to sneak their precious pooches into the wildlife sanctuary, some families bring more exotic companions for a day out, as TOSSI committee member Sally Richardson recalls. “I found a goat tied to a tree at Anchor Bay once,” she says. “The family were there for a picnic and had brought it along for the day. They said they knew dogs were banned, but there was nothing about goats, so they thought it would be okay.” After a brief lesson on why introduced animals could be bad news for park inhabitants – not least that “they could bring in bacteria and all sorts of other nasties” – the goat was banished back to the car for the remainder of trip.
Missing marae
A participant in last week’s resource consent hearing for the Cape Rodney development asked Auckland Council representatives where they could find the Council Marae Policy which was referenced in one of the documents. Blank looks were passed around the room as no-one seemed to know what it was or where to find it, not even the Council planners. Eventually someone suggested looking on Google! The hearing moved on while the search was undertaken. Sorry, we can’t tell you if the search bore fruit.
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