N.Z. as a Third World country
Sir. — A guest speaker at a seminar in Auckland in March was not impressed by the whingeing that we are a “Third World country” because we are poor. Auckland, he said, was one of the best-equipped and opulent cities in the world. The “paper” and voters’ wealth is certainly in Auckland and Wellington, and governments busy themselves in their administration. The South Island holds the future in its ecological wealth. It is impossible to have similar policies to fit the North Island and the South Island. I defy anyone to disagree. It is vital that this should be recognised by governments and South Islanders alike. That is if today’s governments are to have credibility with
future generations. How much better it would be if the South Island had autonomy in imports and exports control, health, transport, employment and unions for a start. At the very least have some parliamentary sessions in the South Island. —Yours, etc., R. H. ANDERSON. Reefton. April 3, 1979.
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