Right: This ditch through the heart of the Rotokino Swamp was largely funded by taxpayer subsidies. Wetland drainage is often unsuccessful, as is noted by Minister of Internal Affairs, Peter Tapsell: "In these, the wildlife values have been destroyed... and the inability to successfully develop for agriculture is equally evident. They are now neither wet nor dry and may be truly described as 'wasted land.'" Photo: Bob Simpson.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 1, 1 February 1986, Page 10
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68Right: This ditch through the heart of the Rotokino Swamp was largely funded by taxpayer subsidies. Wetland drainage is often unsuccessful, as is noted by Minister of Internal Affairs, Peter Tapsell: "In these, the wildlife values have been destroyed... and the inability to successfully develop for agriculture is equally evident. They are now neither wet nor dry and may be truly described as 'wasted land.'" Photo: Bob Simpson. Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 1, 1 February 1986, Page 10
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