Fundraising for a new telescope for public viewing nights and education
The Nelson Science Society and its Astronomy section are fundraising for a new telescope to replace the 135 year old Cooke telescope which is being returned to the Cawthron Institute. The new telescope will be housed in the Cawthron Atkinson Observatory at Clifton Terrace school and used for public viewing nights and education.
The funds will be used to purchase a new and up-to-date telescope, something like a Celestron or Meade 14-inch telescope.
Such a telescope will give nearly 8 times more light gathering capacity, enabling fainter objects like nebulae and galaxies to be seen in detail.
A computer controlled mount will enable quicker location of astronomical objects resulting in more of these being viewed in an evening.
If you wish to donate you can:
a. Go to our Givealittle page at givealittle.co.nz.... Your donation will be eligible for tax credit.
b. If you'd rather send us a donation directly, email Jenny Pollock at nelson.sci.soc@gmail.com and she'll send you the banking details
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Join the Nelson Civic Choir
Rehearsals for the Nelson Civic Choir start again on Tues March 3rd. New singers are invited to come along and check us out. Tenor and bass singers are especially welcome. For more info contact Gretchen email: membership@nelsoncicivchoir.com
Labour Party Hypocrisy
Well, here we go again. More Labour Party hypocrisy.
Just as Labour MP Rachel Boyack has cried crocodile tears over National not building the promised new Nelson hospital when Labour had promised (showing both how little a Labour promise is worth and the hypocrisy of their tears) to get the hospital started before their term ended we now have Deputy Prime Minister Seymour calling for the Air New Zealand shares owned by the government to be sold.
Now that is to be expected given Seymour’s party policies but what is astounding is Labour’s finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds comments in response.
She tells us Air New Zealand is critical national infrastructure and the Government should not be selling its shares.
Very good, but wait. Labour has clearly (and conveniently) ‘forgotten’ which party privatised Air New Zealand.
In 1989, the Labour Government sold Air New Zealand into private ownership. The sale transferred the airline from being a fully state owned national carrier to a privately owned company. The sale was part of a broader wave of Labour privatisations, also including:
• Telecom (1990)
• New Zealand Steel (1987)
• PostBank (1988)
Labour may well have built state houses for working people (not just beneficiaries like Ardern’s government) in the 1930’s but what have they done since? Very, very little other than to ride on that one good thing ever since and, as we are seeing again and again approaching this election, spent most of their time practicing their hypocrisy. Remember the Kiwibuild promise?
If you want truth in politics beware Labour.
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