[BlazingArizona]

Although nature is a high priority in NZ, it has gone a lot more toward privatization than most people realize.why not push for more private nature preserves, like Waimangu?

[NZerFromHK]

You mean a country with conservative parts like this?

http://www.kaikoura.govt.nz/

"KAIKOURA - A GREEN GLOBE 21 CERTIFIED COMMUNITY

The Kaikoura District Council is proud to be the first local authority in the world, and the second community in the world, to achieve Green Globe 21 certification in recognition of our commitment to protecting our environment and working towards sustainability for our residents and visitors, and for the generations to come."


Hey, Kaikoura is a rock-solid conservative place in this country!

Now when it comes to privatization, let's check. Rail track. Renationalized. Air New Zealand. Renationalized. Auckland Port. Re-possessed by the Auckland Regional Council. Electricity. Re-regulated by the Electricity Commission.

Privatized. Yeah right.

[NZerFromHK]

In fact, National's policy is no different from the US Democrats. Read carefully - it is in the form of bureaucracy and more regulations, and all based on the postmodern self-loathing philosophy of "humans are the sole destroyer of the world".

As Mark Steyn says, a scoeity can't sustain itself even with the most advanced economy if its citizens don't have confidence in its own culture i.e. free market by itself can't save a nation.