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But has it really contributed meaningfully to threatened species recovery and sustainability? Even setting aside the volunteer effort in places like Miramar (which arguably isn't transferrable) I...

Yep, thats all achingly reasonable, but I do wonder how that approach goes when dealing with a bad faith counterparty? The best use of the high ground is when you can machine-gun the attackers,...

Woulda thought that along with a management plan amendment this provision might have provided at least some of the wriggle room required:

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No, the Mountain Mule 'Expedition' packs like this one were the much more modern, lightweight versions :D available in the 1970's. The original welded and galv steel frames 'tanker' and non-tanker...

Umm... isn't that all PCL?

But I'm sure the TV ad said they were the thinking man's ute ?

Flyblown

Does that mean you'd be goosy about the new Amarok V6 diesels as well?

Hugh Shields

Not any longer ...

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The 'depreciation recovered' thing is a bitch.......... but from my experience if you can be bothered with the hassle its nearly always better to sell your current vehicle privately, and then go...

NZD:USD Sept 2012 ~ .817

NZD:USD Jan 2024 ~ .617

That suggests they were doing relatively well back then?

Any other thoughts on gaiters?

Finally had to acknowledge I need them.... not to keep crap or damp out but because like a lot of older fella's I have thin skin and keep scraping knocking chunks...

Had to have been a 6.5 Creedmoor?

No way he would have walked if he was hit with one from my .260 Rem! :D

Nice.

Losing him after popping him there with a .264 would be disappointing ... not what you'd ordinarily expect?

Price reduction on some models of Hilux's right now...?

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In discussion with people better informed than I it seems there may be some understanding of this already? An oft made observation from DoC people I've spoken with is along the lines of " ... rec...

And of course the generalised statement 'too many deer' is mostly meaningless. Its really all about the effective carrying capacity of each location, which varies wildly across the motu.

As the OP I was most interested in the call for nominations for new members.

Gotta be at least 1 worthy here who could contribute meaningfully ;) ?

https://www.doc.govt.nz/about-us/statutory-and-advisory-bodies/game-animal-council/

Now within the ambit of the Minister of Hunting and Fishing ......

Interesting how time can affect one’s memory. Recall going through Larsens to Pokeka around 1975 ( and a number of walks up to Trains/Tahupo about the same time) and understood that there were...

Without being too specific, roughly where was that pic taken, bumblefoot?

I was under the impression that the deer population in that part of the country is a relatively recent phenomenon?...

Awesome report.

And you clearly got around the countryside while you were there ....

Not all 'locals' that harmless .....

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300815913/the-madman-and-the-road-worker-how-police-moved-in-on-a-delusional-killer

Yeah .... stop and read the Kohuratahi war memorial ..... just remarkable that that many people lived in that wider district once..... bloody sobering.

Yep .... has all the routine health checks.

She was whangai-ed by our previous Lab bitch ( gone 2 years now) and after a while started to eat her mentors crap..... while we didn't approve we...

Any recommendations as to effective brands of remotely activated electric collars ..... seem to be plenty of potentially rubbishy options, but want something that will work. Got a Lab bitch that has...