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30 Jun 2011, 02:11 (Ref:2908355) | #1 | ||
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Rally banned from public roads
the Tararua district Council has declined road closure permits for a round of the New Zealand Rally Championship because it is in lambing season and that the lambs might get upset and stressed. The mind Bogles.
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30 Jun 2011, 02:27 (Ref:2908357) | #2 | ||
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i take it you're a city boy
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30 Jun 2011, 02:55 (Ref:2908361) | #3 | |
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I don't think Teretonga/Oreti beach/invercargill would qualify as a city
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30 Jun 2011, 03:13 (Ref:2908364) | #4 | ||
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Good news - a sensible decision to keep farmers happy.
With the closure of another meat works, every lamb counts! |
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30 Jun 2011, 03:45 (Ref:2908372) | #5 | ||
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30 Jun 2011, 08:45 (Ref:2908444) | #7 | |
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gosh this will certainly be news to all rally organisers!!! - Not -- has been a consideration for a number of years
by the way very up to date news as the event in question was held 28/29 May - only a month ago |
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30 Jun 2011, 08:52 (Ref:2908450) | #8 | ||
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you could sneak under the radar, now that the gutless Aust Govt has bowed to the minority to ban live exports, NZ could get a good slice of the market
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30 Jun 2011, 10:07 (Ref:2908473) | #9 | ||
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As an aside, fomoco, some years ago - quite a lot actually when I reflect - I was half-offered the chance to travel with a live shipment as a farmer representative to see what happens on the boat and make sure that the animal welfare is looked after. I wish I'd done it.
The Danny F would take 100,000 sheep at a time and loses were around 1%.Not bad when you consider the diet shock that the sheep got - 4-5 days to go from a grass diet to a pellet diet. It'd be interesting to catch up with George and the boys from Sydney and see what their plans are. The biggest hurdle NZ faced was ensuring that the animals were humanely killed at the other end - Arabs are a bit like seagulls and like their sheep's eyes to be really fresh. If I did it these days, I would try and tie it in with the V8 Supercar round or F1 in the Middle East.....and there's the link to motorsport. |
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30 Jun 2011, 21:24 (Ref:2908902) | #10 | ||
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Oreti Kid, as one of the organising team of this NZRC round I'd like to know where you read that. Particularly as the event ran on it's scheduled date 4 weeks ago.
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30 Jun 2011, 23:19 (Ref:2908960) | #11 | ||
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After a little investigative work I have discovered that it may not be our event, Rally Wairarapa, to which the article refers but NZRC Round 5 Rally Hawkes Bay which it appears has moved from it's traditional Wairoa base in Northern Hawkes Bay down into the Northern Tararua district and have applied for several road closures there for a late August date. This would place it around lambing time.
Why it is an issue is that speeding noisy rally cars can spook the sheep into dropping their lambs and then abandoning them. Stock reproduction is clearly important for farmers livelihood and we must work in very closely with farmers and councils - which we do. |
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Yep this is 100% on the mark it is Rally hawkes Bay and is probably wrong time of year and yes my understanding is that the Rally Wairarapa team work very well with councils also as they now run the Malcom Stewart Memorial along side the national round who could deny them.
i apologise for not putting the rally name in guys. Quote:
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