Thread: Last word on Kai Iwi Lakes, Northland

Unfortunately we will see more and more of these ideological based decisions from Councils and DOC. Central Government policy directives influence these "management plan" decisions and when you have the legacy of a person like the former DOC Minister Sage who installed her personal narrow minded agenda, dictating DOC policy this is the result.
These ideological based decisions often ignore history and past research and are often based on assumptions derived from little or no quantifiable data. Reading the background to this it is clear that they have little idea of the impact of removing the trout, but you can rest assured if the impact is detrimental no one for council or DOC will be held accountable. The most likely out come is that the negative finds will be suppressed.