The Filth Files
May 1st 2007, 8:39 am
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The Filth Files
There is this programme shown in the UK called The Filth Files, it is a show about NZ and the various authorities and the problems they face, it mainly covers the Auckland area and the countryside around, it is very good. It would be a good thing for anyone thinking of moving to NZ to watch as it shows what the houses are like, the streets and the problems the NZers are facing in terms of pollution etc.....
Today it was showing the authorities checking out farms, and I had not realised what a huge problem there was from the farming of cattle. The rivers are being polluted with the waste from these animals as it pools in the fields and then when it rains, joins into the rivers. Also the waste from the process of cleaning the sheep skins. YUK YUK YUK.....There is a process that is supposed to clean the water up before being put into the water but the guys working on the clean up said they would not swim in the rivers it was being put into.
Does anyone here work in that industry? Is it as bad as the authorities were making out (and those working in the factory)
(please before the UK haters start on me - I know the UK has terrible pollution problems but this is a forum about NZ - not the UK and I do not want attacked for posting something that is ABOUT NZ. This is not a PRO UK post just an information on NZ issues post)
Today it was showing the authorities checking out farms, and I had not realised what a huge problem there was from the farming of cattle. The rivers are being polluted with the waste from these animals as it pools in the fields and then when it rains, joins into the rivers. Also the waste from the process of cleaning the sheep skins. YUK YUK YUK.....There is a process that is supposed to clean the water up before being put into the water but the guys working on the clean up said they would not swim in the rivers it was being put into.
Does anyone here work in that industry? Is it as bad as the authorities were making out (and those working in the factory)
(please before the UK haters start on me - I know the UK has terrible pollution problems but this is a forum about NZ - not the UK and I do not want attacked for posting something that is ABOUT NZ. This is not a PRO UK post just an information on NZ issues post)
May 1st 2007, 8:43 am
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Re: The Filth Files
There is this programme shown in the UK called The Filth Files, it is a show about NZ and the various authorities and the problems they face, it mainly covers the Auckland area and the countryside around, it is very good. It would be a good thing for anyone thinking of moving to NZ to watch as it shows what the houses are like, the streets and the problems the NZers are facing in terms of pollution etc.....
Today it was showing the authorities checking out farms, and I had not realised what a huge problem there was from the farming of cattle. The rivers are being polluted with the waste from these animals as it pools in the fields and then when it rains, joins into the rivers. Also the waste from the process of cleaning the sheep skins. YUK YUK YUK.....There is a process that is supposed to clean the water up before being put into the water but the guys working on the clean up said they would not swim in the rivers it was being put into.
Does anyone here work in that industry? Is it as bad as the authorities were making out (and those working in the factory)
(please before the UK haters start on me - I know the UK has terrible pollution problems but this is a forum about NZ - not the UK and I do not want attacked for posting something that is ABOUT NZ. This is not a PRO UK post just an information on NZ issues post)
Today it was showing the authorities checking out farms, and I had not realised what a huge problem there was from the farming of cattle. The rivers are being polluted with the waste from these animals as it pools in the fields and then when it rains, joins into the rivers. Also the waste from the process of cleaning the sheep skins. YUK YUK YUK.....There is a process that is supposed to clean the water up before being put into the water but the guys working on the clean up said they would not swim in the rivers it was being put into.
Does anyone here work in that industry? Is it as bad as the authorities were making out (and those working in the factory)
(please before the UK haters start on me - I know the UK has terrible pollution problems but this is a forum about NZ - not the UK and I do not want attacked for posting something that is ABOUT NZ. This is not a PRO UK post just an information on NZ issues post)
I remember watching a few episodes when we were still in England. They were investigating fast food places in Auckland. I decided there and then not to eat in Auckland. I know it it could have been anywhere, but it WAS there. Rats, maggots, birds and flies. EAT AT HOME PEOPLE!
May 1st 2007, 8:45 am
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I remember watching a few episodes when we were still in England. They were investigating fast food places in Auckland. I decided there and then not to eat in Auckland. I know it it could have been anywhere, but it WAS there. Rats, maggots, birds and flies. EAT AT HOME PEOPLE!
Also about the zillions of cockroaches..... OMG.... all under the roads and streets in Auckland. I have never seen anything so horrid......
May 1st 2007, 8:47 am
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May 1st 2007, 8:49 am
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However lets keep this about NZ..... seems to always get back to the UK !!! (my fault this time)
May 1st 2007, 9:18 am
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One thing to remember is that these documentary makers will have been working to a 'remit' - in other words they'll go out looking for, film and then show only that which fits into their show.... don't think of these things as unbiased, uncensored reportage...
... and having said all that, i live in the middle of a farming community (I am actually surrounded on three sides of my house by the same farm which runs 'stock' (dry stock, or cowies for the plate...). It's a very close community, where everyone knows everyone, and has a very strong community 'bond' and loads of associations and what have you and there are no problems like that here. That may be because the farms are generally family owned and run, but there are a fair-few share milkers too.
That's only our experience, but Waipu has a couple of rivers and they are much loved and closely guarded, with lots of DOC involvement, and are perfectly clean and regularly fished! The only problems farmers have had recently was the discovery that people have taken out big areas of their maize plantings and substituted them with Mary-j, which in one case was subsequently fed to a load of cows which lead to a very confused vet....
... and having said all that, i live in the middle of a farming community (I am actually surrounded on three sides of my house by the same farm which runs 'stock' (dry stock, or cowies for the plate...). It's a very close community, where everyone knows everyone, and has a very strong community 'bond' and loads of associations and what have you and there are no problems like that here. That may be because the farms are generally family owned and run, but there are a fair-few share milkers too.
That's only our experience, but Waipu has a couple of rivers and they are much loved and closely guarded, with lots of DOC involvement, and are perfectly clean and regularly fished! The only problems farmers have had recently was the discovery that people have taken out big areas of their maize plantings and substituted them with Mary-j, which in one case was subsequently fed to a load of cows which lead to a very confused vet....
May 1st 2007, 9:45 am
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One thing to remember is that these documentary makers will have been working to a 'remit' - in other words they'll go out looking for, film and then show only that which fits into their show.... don't think of these things as unbiased, uncensored reportage...
... and having said all that, i live in the middle of a farming community (I am actually surrounded on three sides of my house by the same farm which runs 'stock' (dry stock, or cowies for the plate...). It's a very close community, where everyone knows everyone, and has a very strong community 'bond' and loads of associations and what have you and there are no problems like that here. That may be because the farms are generally family owned and run, but there are a fair-few share milkers too.
That's only our experience, but Waipu has a couple of rivers and they are much loved and closely guarded, with lots of DOC involvement, and are perfectly clean and regularly fished! The only problems farmers have had recently was the discovery that people have taken out big areas of their maize plantings and substituted them with Mary-j, which in one case was subsequently fed to a load of cows which lead to a very confused vet....
... and having said all that, i live in the middle of a farming community (I am actually surrounded on three sides of my house by the same farm which runs 'stock' (dry stock, or cowies for the plate...). It's a very close community, where everyone knows everyone, and has a very strong community 'bond' and loads of associations and what have you and there are no problems like that here. That may be because the farms are generally family owned and run, but there are a fair-few share milkers too.
That's only our experience, but Waipu has a couple of rivers and they are much loved and closely guarded, with lots of DOC involvement, and are perfectly clean and regularly fished! The only problems farmers have had recently was the discovery that people have taken out big areas of their maize plantings and substituted them with Mary-j, which in one case was subsequently fed to a load of cows which lead to a very confused vet....
I am aware that they go looking for it but the fact that they found it shows that it is there! I didn't say they were unbiased etc etc..... to me your post is just turing into another denial of anything neg about New Zealand.
So what you are saying then is that there is no problem in your area? Can you see that it might be in other areas?
May 1st 2007, 9:49 am
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oh gosh, i'm so sorry - i didn't mean to upset you! sorry 
May 1st 2007, 9:55 am
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you didnt upset me, I just posted something about the programme I watched and which showed the problems NZ is facing in terms of what to do wtih the waste from its two biggest industries, just like anywhere in the world, and you came back at me with saying that they had gone looking for it and that it just fits into their show. Their show actually showed the Kiwi authorities in a very good light and working hard to keep the country beautiful. It said about the stunning clean rivers but said that without continued work and finance that they wont stay like that as the industry is growing and the methods are very raw.
May 1st 2007, 10:00 am
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ok, sorry 
May 1st 2007, 10:08 am
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nothing to be sorry for Soulflour, its great you live in an area that they are working hard to keep their rivers etc clean. My kiwi husband is from a farming area in the North Island and I am aware of the moans the farmers have on the taxes they pay and of course the ridiculous fart tax that Helen brought in, having watched the programme I was just surprised at the level of pollution that the animals cause. I can see that it would be a huge issue if not dealt with correctly. A lot of the farmers I know from my DH neck of the woods are pretty rich. Big family farms. (they are now but went through awful times in the last decade and one before when the gov handouts were stopped) and I think that if the pollution is bad, from their live stock, then they should do more.
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WELCOME TO NEW ZEALAND THE LAND OF WHAT YOU MAKE IT
Did you seriously expect PARADISE ?
It`s great here but NOT PERFECT .Then where is ? .
I saw programmes way back on Sky in the UK and it still never put me off .Just eat at home or avoid TingTong Takeaways .
Did you seriously expect PARADISE ?
It`s great here but NOT PERFECT .Then where is ? .
I saw programmes way back on Sky in the UK and it still never put me off .Just eat at home or avoid TingTong Takeaways .
May 1st 2007, 10:45 am
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TingTong takeaways?
May 1st 2007, 11:08 am
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they need to do a show on the brothels in christchurch then, they look very dodgy!!