Respect for Firearms!
05:55:10 PM - 2007-04-19
FIREARMS IN NEW ZEALAND!
I feel this is the right time to do a Blog on Firearms in New Zealand, as I feel for all those families effected by the senseless killing of those young victims at Virginia Tech University on
Tuesday 17 April 2007
A Couple of years ago my husband had to do his Firearm licence again in his late sixties, as he had let it lap's a couple of years, he has had a Firearm licence for some fifty years.
As his wife, I can tell you in New Zealand it is easier, to get a driver licence at the age of 65 than it is to get a Firearm Licence.
But it is still very important that Firearm licence holders do not drop their guard and make sure their firearms are stored safely especially from children, as New Zealand has had a few accidents with children and firearms in the last year.
There are some 226,000 licence holders in New Zealand
Here are a few Questions that apply to Gun owners that would hurt to ask yourself!
Is the Firearm unloaded?
Is the Ammunition stored separately?
Are the firearms stored in such a way that children do not have access to them?
Are the firearms locked away in the gun cabinet, wall rack or strong room?
Are the bolts removed from the firearm?
Have you fitted the trigger locks?
If you can answer "YES" to all of these question's then your firearm is stored safely!
ALWAY'S KEEP FIREARMS AWAY FROM CHILDREN!
Never store ammunition with the firarms.
New Zealand Firearm Licence holders have a very good record as the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council firearms incident data base has only four incidents in which a insecure firearm caused injury,death or damage to property in the last five years.
You can never be too placid on firearms alway's be aware that they are a very dangerous weapon in the wrong hands. Teach children to respect firearms at a very early age.
Maybe there should be training for the urban area which are not alway's train to respect firearms as the rural area, because there is not the same opportunity as in the farming area to learn respect for firearms. (If there is someone that can correct me on that in New Zealand please send me a email).
You can find my email address at the bottom of my website if you click my name at the bottom of this Subject Firearms in New Zealand.
Maybe it could be taught at schools by the Police. (Respect for firearms, correct way to use them).
Elsie Hagley
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Taranaki's Historic Supershed!
06:43:04 PM - 2007-04-09
TARANAKI FARM MARK HISTORIC FIRST FOR NEW ZEALAND!
The Supershed was launched on Sunday 8 April 2007 at Tikorangi, Taranaki.
The official opening include the Mayor of New Plymouth Peter Tennent, Shane Ardern National Member of Parliament for Taranaki, Harry Duynhoven Labour Member of Parliament for New Plymouth, Fonterra Director Greg Gent.
The $2.4 million north Taranaki farm is the specifications of the Irish-manfactured Dairymaster Supershed.
Build by - Dairymasters in Stratford in Taranaki, has taken more than 18 months to build.
The Farm is owned by Faull Bros (Holdings ) limited. Five Brothers - Gavin, Allan, Richard, Bernard and Nigel.
Trewithen's new Supershed has been designed as a mutli-purpose agricultural facility. While the primary funtion of the complex is to milk 620 cows on a year-round milking system, the building will also be used for interactive agricultural training, and as a dedicated tourist facility which visitors will be able to sit down to a breakfast while viewing the morning milking. Apart from its state-of-art milking area, it includes a viewing theatre and conference room with full kitchen facilities, administration and service block, animal health room, children's room and staff and meeting room.
There are also closed-circuit television systems installed to enable visitors to view those areas of the milking operations which cannot be easily seen from the viewing theatre.
Video cameras monitor the whole milking operation, while tne shed's webcam system enables the entire operation to be seen over the internet.
This 60-bail rotary milking platform is backed up by a veritable raft of electronic gadgetry which enables a single operator to milk 620 cows in well under two hours. The fully automated milking parlour electronically monitors animal health and feeding. It features automatic cup removal, a yarding system designed to enable cows to feed either on the way to milking or after milking, and a flood-washing system for the main yard with a capacity of 70,000 litres.
Natioal and International tour paties will be taken to view the complex by Kiwi Tours,
New Plymouth. Why not book a tour ?
Elsie Hagley
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Earthquake Causes Tsunami in Pacfic!
05:15:27 PM - 2007-04-03
TSUNAMI HIT SOLOMON ISLANDS IN PACIFIC!
Powerful earthquake in the South Pacific, just above the right-hand side of Australia triggered a Pacific wide alert to Indonesia, Papua, New Guinea and Australia on Monday morning at 8.40 am New Zealand time 2nd April 2007 of 8.0 magnitude.
Taranaki was on Tsunami alert but not a ripple was recorded. It is believed that was the first time a Tsunami alert had been issued for Taranaki on the west side coast of New Zealand.
It was a good exercise for the Taranaki Civil Defence Emergency Services for testing out their communications.
Solomon Island have a Population of 500,000
Land Area: 29,785 sq kms
After shocks from the earthquake continued and terrified thousands of survivors after the deadly tsunami struck
thirteen had died but the toll was expected to rise.
In the Solomons up to 4000 people spent Monday night encamped on a hill behind Gizo a town of about 7000.
Floodwaters had subsided, most goverment buildings and many houses had been wrecked, people were too scared to return to the coast. About tenth of Gizo might have been left homeless, with initial reports from other islands suggesting similar or worse levels of damage, reported the Solomon Island Red Cross.The Austrailia Government pledged
$NZ 2.29 million to emergency aid and helicopters already in the Solomons.
Helicopters have made drops of tents, drinking water, plus other supplies to the crowd on the hills behind Gizo.
EARTHQUAKES are a constant Stress, Here in New Zealand we have had many earthquakes in the last month.
Elsie Hagley
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