Protect the Environment

Labour had the political astuteness to cash in on the tremendous campaign of conservation interests to save Lake Manapouri and it appears it will not have to honour its specific pledge on this. However, its praiseworthy generalities on ecology and the quality of life are daily being more submerged by the profit-making drive of capitalist industry. As a capitalist Government, Labour will not stand up against this. For example, the Forest Service step by step is taking action to sacrifice the West Coast beech forests to Japanese paper interests;