Economic Connection

In my last post I mentioned the disparity between the non producers and the producers.

It is impossible for 'the people ' to conjure up resources to undertake a meaningful study of a given situation , especially when the situation has disadvantaged those people.

Maybe there will be help from interested parties pro bono but not often.

Two years on from Gabrielle and we have  a host of productive folk trying to get back on their feet which is difficult in itself and there are bodies using ratepayers money to produce consultants reports that will confirm the authorities direction. 

Kapiti and Waikanae ratepayers have been lucky enough to get an expert report on beach erosion and sea level non rise .They have been able to rally the troops around this report and challenge the Council and its moves on managed retreat.

In Hawkes Bay we have three areas that provide substantial income to the region and are now regrouping .

I would love to see an independent  report commissioned by the 'people' that would look at the  benefit to Hawkes Bay of these regions and just how important they are to the overall health of the Hawkes Bay and NZ economy.

This is because following a disaster such as Gabrielle it is important to get some perspective on the disaster and guage the impact on the region.

To date the reaction has been helpful but lacking purpose. The reaction has been to help  those in authority without a balancing weight.