Dam proposed to be built on the Makaroro River in the Tukituki Catchment, Hawkes Bay in 2013
Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme
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Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960- :One bad Nick And A Few Cuts. 25 September 2013
Date: 2013
From: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-: Digital cartoons published in The Press, Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, and other publications
By: Waikato Times (Newspaper); Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-
Reference: DCDL-0026242
Description: The Minister for Conservation, Dr Nick Smith, amid a sea of cut scraps of paper, holds one saying 'Yes Minister' while claiming 'I did not, at any stage, suggest DOC cut the draft submission to two paragraphs! That is plainly quite ridiculous! Who'd use two paragraphs when two words would do?!' The cut scraps of paper mention such words as 'Ruataniwha', 'nitrates', 'kill rivers' and 'dam', among others. Refers to the Department of Conservation's submission on the proposed Ruataniwha dam. In September 2013 the Department of Conservation prepared a draft 32-page submission on the proposed Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme and Hawke's Bay Regional Council's Plan Change 6, raising serious concerns about the risk of water pollution. However, this draft was suppressed with the Department submitting only two paragraphs on the scheme which didn't mention the likely water pollution effects. An email circulated to senior staff says that the Minister, Nick Smith, wanted to see the submission before it was lodged. Claims were made that Smith had demanded that the submission be cut drastically. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
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Doyle, Martin, 1956- :I demand an apology. 26 October 2013
Date: 2013
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
By: Facebook (Firm); Twitter Inc (Firm)
Reference: DCDL-0026528
Description: The Minister of Conservation, Nick Smith, demands an 'apology from you bastards!' The answer is 'Get stuffed'. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Cartoon depicts Minister of Conservation Nick Smith demanding an apology from Opposition parties following a 'clearance of wrongdoing' from the Speaker'. On 25 October 2013 The Conservation Minister, Nick Smith, said that opposition parties owed him an apology for suggesting he lied to Parliament on whether he knew about a draft submission on the proposed Ruataniwha Dam in Hawke's Bay. Parliament's speaker had dismissed a privileges complaint from the Labour Party that Dr Smith misled the House over when he knew about the draft submission from the Department of Conservation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).