Whaling in NZ!

**Pseudonym** · 24th December 2011, 21:26

Save the whales, collect the set.

It’s not the whales or the humanity of how or why or even what we eat that concerns me with this.
It’s not the slaves that get abused and held hostage by the captains of the tubs that have netted every living thing in the waters further north.

While both do concern me, more the demise of the whales and fish stock than the humans to be frank, it is the selling off of the already abused Maori fishing quota to un-watched and un-regulated overseas trawlers.
Does the Iwi watch what they take from NZ waters?
I have my doubts…

And where is the money from all of this going?
The Maoris I know aren’t raking in the cash, and the ones I don’t know seem to be struggling along with the rest of us regardless of genetic ancestry.

If my mate from across the road has to toe the same line as the rest of us when he goes out in his boat, is it because his portion of the quota has been sold to some slave ship?
If so, where is his cut?

If they are worried that putting a sanctuary around the Kermadec Islands and that not using slave labour will cut into their profits then should they be trusted with what they have let alone anything else?
If the Iwi are Okay with commercial whaling what did they have planned for the beaches under the foreshore claim?

Certainly casts a shadow over the statement that “It will be for the best as we look after the land”

In a similar vane, where is the money from all the settlements, monster taming, fishing, broadcasting etc actually going?
It’s millions of dollars, tens and hundreds of millions over the years too.
Take a ride through some of the little coastal villages off the beaten track, they need it and are often predominately Maori, so where is their tribe’s assistance package?
It’s like our own small scale dictatorships, the top brass have the cash and to hell with the rest.

**pete376403** · 24th December 2011, 22:19

The Round Table and the Brown Table - both have the same goals. To control the rest of us.

**ellipsis** · 24th December 2011, 22:38

...as I may have mentioned before, if a bunch of serious people turned up with pointy sticks, we could frighten the whales and the englands and anyone else that wants to rape and pillage our villages and pretty women...err ...yea!...and what would be an undersized whale if we all wanted to catch one...

**98tls** · 27th December 2011, 19:52

Originally Posted by Hitcher

All licensed slaughterhouses in New Zealand are exceedingly humane. Dollars to donuts that video wasn't filmed anywhere near these parts. But people who haven't figured out that meat comes from dead animals could be surprised by the reality that death is involved.

Bullshit Hitch,spend an hour in the beef house at any freezing works in this country and you will walk away disgusted.Done plenty of hunting etc in my time and am certainly not squeamish but will never watch that shit again,ever.

**Mungatoke Mad** · 30th December 2011, 09:18

Originally Posted by Hitcher

We eat cattle and sheep. Other cultures eat horses, cats and dogs. Whales are just another mammal. As long as they're not hunted to extinction, what's the difference?

We moved out of the cave a long time ago country's that go for the dog cat menu tend to have plundered all there resources & look for other country's to rape

**Bikemad** · 30th December 2011, 09:23

me and my mates used to do a bit of sport whaling in our younger days if there were no hotties at the party.......................

but can safely say............i have never eaten whale fritters

**sugilite:Me** · 30th December 2011, 09:44

Originally Posted by Hitcher

We eat cattle and sheep. Other cultures eat horses, cats and dogs. Whales are just another mammal. As long as they're not hunted to extinction, what's the difference?

Meh money is involved, so sustainability will take a poor 2nd place.