Comparing areas
Titirangi, Auckland.
Hajo Topzand,
Prior to writing our various protest letters, about West Coast Timberland’s plans, I converted their 98,000 hectares into something which is easier to perceive for the average human mind. If my calculations are correct, a square representing 30x30 kilometres placed on any map, shows the size of the operation. For those still living in pre-metric days that is a square of 20x20 miles, more than the surface area of Auckland. It surprised us, and I hope it may help wake up others. Is it perhaps advisable to use more readily understood measures in future campaigns? This is not likely to be the last.
— The conservation director comments: ‘Point taken,
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Forest and Bird, Issue 291, 1 February 1999, Page 7
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