"Drop The Rate Mate" Campaign Launches. Fights Against Vodafone And Telecom.
The day of expensive mobile charges is over.
Erine Newman (TUANZ CEO), Tex Edwards (2degrees), Sue Chetwin (the Consumer Association) have team up with Matthew Hooton, of public affairs consultancy -Exceltium- to create a web-based campaign urging government action over mobile termination rates.
Inspired by a similar campaign in the UK, 'Drop The Rate Mate' aims to support the Commerce Commission's draft on recommending government regulation on artificially inflated mobile termination rates created by Telecom and Vodafone to prevent competition and maintain their duopoly.
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Seek vs Trade Me - users and page impressions
Seeks 750,000 unique visitors (14.5 million page impressions) vs Trade Me's (510,000 unique visitors) 15 million domestic page impressions. either way its huge for both... but what is the duplication?
See: Trade Me Jobs Beats Seek On Pages for the ther side of the story.
See: SEEK Continues Job Market Leadership with Record Breaking Month for the ther side of the story.
Monday, August 3, 2009
The Turiwhate Ecological Island Sanctuary
To see a slideshow of the proposal click here
Paul Sinclar is proposing a managed mountain wildlife sanctuary (The Turiwhate Ecological Island Sanctuary).
A subcommittee of the Westland Nature Trust I believe should looking into my proposal.
View The Turiwhate Ecological Island Sanctuary proposal in a larger map
The Aim
• To provide opportunities for West Coast communities to be actively involved in conservation; provide ecotourism opportunities; and educate people about the value of rain forest ecosystems.
• Our short aim over the next 5 years is to expand public support for the project and raise funds to creating a public facility providing an accessible location for people to see, hear and learn about the flora and fauna native to Westland.
• To eradicate Mount Turiwhate of introduced pests and predators, and to prevent the re-invasion of predators to maintain an island refuge.
The Vision
• To establish, and fund a world class eco-sanctuary on Mount Turiwhate for rare and endangered native species of flora and fauna that will be jointly developed by private philanthropists, corporate and government participants.
• To build and maintain a 32km totally pest-proof fence around the forest on Mount Turiwhate
• To eliminate ALL warm-blooded (mammalian) animal pests within the fence.
• To re-introduce threatened species that have been lost from Mount Turiwhate including kiwi, kaka, kokako and kakapo.
• To build visitor access gates and tracks and create a wildlife haven where visitors are welcome.
• To encourage visitors to come and enjoy the vibrant wildlife, and to experience a pest-free New Zealand forest.
• To establish an educational facility for school groups, visitors and researchers to learn about our unique flora and fauna.
• To establish a successful, self-sustaining ecosystem enterprise that ensures the longevity of the project.
Area
• 3800 ha : of Alpine top (1368m) to Podocarps low land forest (100m)
Organisations involved
• The Department of Conservation.
There are plans to build a cycle track along the southern boundary of the sanctuary giving access from the William Stuart bridge over the Taramakau river to the Milltown bridge over the Arahura river and following the Alpine Fault line south to Ross
Skype: Kawhakakid
pscl@clear.net.nz
sincpaul@clear.net.nz
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