Snow job

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 8, Issue 383, 23 April 1991, Page 4

Snow job

• Well here we are again. The first snow on the mountain and the sky's the limit. This year I bought some groceries locally (supporting my local businesses) - but compared to last year some of the items in question have risen by a whopping 35.4 per cent. Petrol has come down in price since the Gulf War ended. This was reported in the Wanganui Chronicle on 4 April 1991: "super to about 98 cents and unleaded 93 cents a litre". Ohakune petrol buyers are still paying height of Gulf War prices at $1,025 and 96 cents - God knows what it will be in Raetihi! I was told by a garage owner that it cost them three cents a litre to transport the stuff up here - that means we are paying an extra 1.5 cents a litre for our super. I formally would like to tell the local garages that the Gulf War has ended and that they can now bring the price of petrol to down to earth prices again. And now we have the biggest "snow job" of them all - Turoa Skifields. They would like to make a gesture of goodwill to the community and sell us the golf

course, the great financial albatross (sorry golfers!) around their necks, to the community for $1 - whoopdeedo! So what that the local community will have to pay for its upkeep and that the rates will rise even further. Now we see the management and marketing staff pitting the local community against the local college over the North Island Secondary School skiing by deliberately over quoting so that the local RSBA and local businesses will pick up the $10,000 difference. The college has hosted events such as the singing festival and the hui that have brought thousands of people and dollars into the community. As for saying that "Turoa will lose money so that the college can make money" even someone with limited managerial experience like myself can see that bringing in at least 1000 people at a discounted rate is better than nothing. Sort your act out Turoa and cut the "snow job" on the local community. If you are going to get into that sort of under-

hand nonsense Mr Grimwade, as a local I would like to sell the skifield back to the local Maori community for $1 (you can keep the golf course) and take those tactics back to Australia. Turoa has an obligation to the community to keep events such as this competition in this community. Get more competitive or ship out, but don't expect the local businesses to bail you out. Perhaps after 1 May it might be timely to look at Turoa's "contract" with this community

too.

Motecuff

Party, party party • Why is it that a certain Karioi Pulp Mill worker in Karamu Place can at any time he wishes throw a party - not just a kid's birthday party from 1pm to 4pm - but a party starting around 8pm ending anything from 2am to 5am the following day. At the same time have his stereo on full blast day and night and early morning as what happened a recent Saturday night, still going 6am Sunday. This is also the same family, without any consideration or thought for anybody else, started a disco at the Easter Hui starting approximately lam and still going to 5 am Monday. It is also a company house this person lives in and there are shift workers in that area. I also believe that all workers received a letter from management concerned at the number of workers turning up intoxicated. I suggest management should take a good hard look at these people, especially in the vicinity of this arrogant Karamu Place worker. Maybe intoxication is not always the problem, but lack of sleep which is no better than an intoxicated person working with machinery. There are also a large number of children in this area who need their sleep to achieve an adequate level of education. This family wouldn't have to worry about his children as no doubt his young ones were in the care of someone else who no-doubt lives way out of ear reach of this head-aching noise. Finally I would like to know if some other person in a company house who created as much noise as this person - would they still be permitted to remain in the house or be evicted.

Baggy

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