Ye gods and little fishes. The letter from Tim Short- 'Scandalous neglect” aproaches the stupidity of King Canute holding back the tide.
His asserton that the Rena disaster killed thousands of birds is a reptition of the Greens' ranting that over 20,000 birds were killed. That was proven to be arrant nonsense! Maritime NZ with help from Massey University indicates that 1400 birds died because of the oil in the six weeks following the grounding. Indications are that 100 plus birds a week die anyway.
So now Tim, a wannabe politicain wants to spend your rates money on interferring with natures food chain. When will these greenies get off the sensationalist bandwagon and accept that in nature, shit happens and most of these looney ideas are just a waste of time and money. I care for birds and animals. I dont care for Mr Short.

Roy Edwards, Gate Pa.