CANTERBURY/WESTLAND BRANCH of the New Zealand Founders Society Inc.
Who are we?
We are descendants of NZ settlers who arrived prior to 1866. We share a common interest in the history of NZ and the achievements of all pioneers and settlers of all ethnicity.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS:
20 September 2017 at 2 pm (Wednesday)
Conversazione at: The Old Vicarage,
335 Halswell Road
Halswell, Christchurch
Bring: articles of historic interest, photos, a family story that can be shared, books or magazines you wish to share. Research you may be doing.
Contact:
Melville Opie
Phone: (03) 384 1306
email: exti419@uclive.ac.nz
Poll: If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? π»π¨π
In the Post's article on speeding penalties, the question is asked whether speeding fines are truly about road safety, or are they just a way to boost revenue for the Crown?
What do you think? Should speeding motorists receive speeding fines or demerit points?
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36.2% The sting of a fine (Money talks!)
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63.8% The threat of demerit points (Nobody wants to lose their license!)
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, weβre a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature β and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
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