Our petition to the Office of the Ombudsman to force the TDC to review it's freedom camping bylaw
Hey Folks, our petition to the Office of the Ombudsman is gaining traction. We're over half way to the goal of 1000 supporters.
If you haven't seen it yet check it out:
www.change.org...
The long and the short of it is, most of us have realized that talking with the TDC about getting this annual freedom camping disaster sorted out is like talking to a brick wall. We think it amounts to Maladministration and that's what the Ombudsman is there to sort out. Let's see if we can get enough local support to get her (I'm pretty sure it's a lady in charge at the moment) to step in and kick the TDC up the bum.
There is a fair bit of information about stuff which affects how we can manage freedom camping in Tasman in the updates section of the petition. It won't cost you a cent and will only take a few clicks and two minutes of your time to support us, and this thing has the potential to set a real legal precedent and affect how the effects of freedom camping are managed not just in Tasman but NZ wide.
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, we’re 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 — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
🧩😏 Riddle me this, Neighbours…
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
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