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Letters to the editor: Hemo sculpture 'a tangles of pipes'

Rotorua Daily Post
14 Sep, 2020 10:00 PM2 mins to read

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The newly installed Hemo sculpture has been criticised by a reader who says money for it should have gone elsewhere. Photo / File

The newly installed Hemo sculpture has been criticised by a reader who says money for it should have gone elsewhere. Photo / File

The newly installed Hemo sculpture has been criticised by a reader who says money for it should have gone elsewhere. Photo / File 120920aw03.JPG

I took a morning walk on Sunday to check out the Hemo sculpture.

In my opinion, it looks like a tangle of pipes.

The artist's impression used to promote it had it dominating the landscape. The sculpture I saw was, to me, sunk down beneath road level.

Its dark colour makes it difficult to spot because it blends with the background.

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It is in my view another example of ratepayer and taxpayer money being channelled into a tourist attraction while things such as broken footpaths go unrepaired. (Abridged)

Lesley Haddon
Rotorua

Shame should reign

I support condemnation the shipment of thousands of cattle on long ocean voyages (however well monitored) to countries such as China with non-existent animal welfare laws.

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The Ministry for Primary Industries and the Government should, in my view, be ashamed that it still allows this practice, as well as the caging of hens and the keeping of farrowing pigs in small crates, all for the mighty dollar.

We like to be proud of New Zealand, but this is not justified whilst such practices continue.

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