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Thread ID: 149805 2021-05-06 23:25:00 Wasted money kenj (9738) PC World Chat
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1477010 2021-05-06 23:25:00 For heavens sake, what next!

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kenj (9738)
1477011 2021-05-06 23:30:00 If any of the people involved were spending their own money that would never of happened. CliveM (6007)
1477012 2021-05-06 23:52:00 assuming local maori had every right to want it back (just to keep them happy)

1st un-needed waste of taxpayer money
What is the estimated total staff cost for the attendees at said powhiri?
Domestic travel, car rental and accommodation (8pax) - $4,327.77

2nd unneeded waste
Helicopter to transport 350kg turtle to the burial site on Horomaka Island
$1600

so why the need for govt employees to attend a turtles funeral ?
Why is the govt (us) paying for the helicopter . If it was so important to local maori, they would have arranged for & paid for that

All that had to be done was send it back to them, then let local maori deal with it .
1101 (13337)
1477013 2021-05-07 00:49:00 assuming local maori had every right to want it back (just to keep them happy)

1st un-needed waste of taxpayer money
What is the estimated total staff cost for the attendees at said powhiri?
Domestic travel, car rental and accommodation (8pax) - $4,327.77

2nd unneeded waste
Helicopter to transport 350kg turtle to the burial site on Horomaka Island
$1600

so why the need for govt employees to attend a turtles funeral ?
Why is the govt (us) paying for the helicopter . If it was so important to local maori, they would have arranged for & paid for that

All that had to be done was send it back to them, then let local maori deal with it .

Agreed particularly because Ngai Tahu is a 1.5 billion enterprise. There was no need for any tax payer cash involvement at all regardles of what spiritual ceremony anyone believes is due to a long dead turtle.
CliveM (6007)
1477014 2021-05-07 01:05:00 I wonder if anyone asked the turtle what he wanted?

Ken
kenj (9738)
1477015 2021-05-07 04:00:00 Perhaps it's the turtle holding up all the elephants and the Earth itself.

Like this: en.wikipedia.org

or this:

www.pinterest.nz
zqwerty (97)
1477016 2021-05-07 14:06:00 They saw fit to spend the money to bury this turtle, but as if they were spending their money....you know AbigailRoss (17755)
1477017 2021-05-07 19:26:00 And why intern up on a hill. Why did they not just dig a hole on the beach and bury it there? Don't get me started on these academic fools! Bryan (147)
1477018 2021-05-07 23:18:00 For heavens sake, what next!

www.scoop.co.nz

The Lunatics definitely have the keys to the Asylum. :rolleyes:

Must be time to round them up in case they breed.
B.M. (505)
1477019 2021-05-08 06:50:00 This, I noticed while reading through this .......

www.stuff.co.nz

Te Rūnanga o Koukourārata chair Dr Matiu Payne said the honu is a taniwha, a guiding deity for his people, and is part of the legends passed down, although this traditional knowledge was purposely not widely shared.

That explains it all! ;)
kenj (9738)
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