A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Opinion
Under weak administrative monitoring of commercial afforestation mandatory requirements, and now the forecast El Niño threat, forest fire threat in our region is a realistic possibility of major concern.
Commercial forestry staff in the past were trained in handling and containing forest fires.
They had been trained in the useof protective apparel, communication, transport, appropriate gear along with being kept upgraded.
Alarmingly, this has all been shelved and considered non essential.
If not, why is it deepening public concern is being increasingly expressed.
Where is the plan, the trained personnel, communication, the gear, vehicles and maintained access to designated areas, previously established.
This doesn’t exist today and our Regional District Council administrators are responsible.
The East Coast Forestry
Project has also missed the bus through administrative procrastination
What does it take for our elected councillors to look outside their tunnel visioned myopic interests and formulate policy protecting our resource base and social wellbeing.
Show proactive initiative, not post action initiative cleaning up the mess as the slash debacle demonstrated.
