Letters to Editor: Silly asset sale

Silly asset sale in a water hungry world

At no time did I give my mandate to sell, or partially sell, any of the assets owned by the Government of New Zealand.

My vote/mandate was for the Government to hold these assets in trust for future generations of New Zealanders, to enhance their life and for them to enjoy.

The partial sale of the power dams is a side issue, as there are many ways to generate electricity.

What these foreign owners ultimately want is the water in the dams, for them to sell back to us when the world demand for water peaks, which will come to pass.

New Zealand is asset-rich in an abundance of water and this has not gone unnoticed in a water-hungry world.

What to me would be a sensible option would be for New Zealand to barter water for oil - 1 litre of water for 1 litre of oil. At the end of the day, we could survive without oil, but no living thing on God's planet can survive without water.

When we have drunk the last water, and eaten the last fish, what then do we do with our money?

This is why I am in total opposition to the sale, partial or otherwise, of any New Zealand asset.

Think on, New Zealand.

Trevor Douglas Wakely, Napier

Climate creations

It's been brought to my notice that, without any input from the citizenry, our current Government has instituted a Ministry for International Climate Change Negotiations (Minister Tim Groser) and a Ministry for Climate Change Issues (Minister Nick Smith).

One can only assume that these two ministries exist because of a Government belief that something can be done about climate change; thus they are based on the concept of anthropogenic climate change.

So, where then is the Ministry for Holding Back The Tide? Good grief - where our taxes go!

Leo Leitch, Napier