Turtle Threat
April 3, 2019
Donna Moot, from Turtle Rescue, looks after injured and unwanted turtles. She's tired of turtles being dumped and is calling for a ban on turtle breeding in New Zealand; in particular the red eared-slider turtle. Donna says turtles have become a pest pet but are still being sold via trade me. Yes they're cute, yes they're popular and have a ninja like status, but there's a big but when it comes to owning turtles! Turtles are a pet for life - depending on the breed they can live until 70 years old or more.
Farid makes a whistle stop tour of Nelson to speak with schools and community groups about Compassion and forgiveness. A survivor of the massacres at two Christchurch mosques in 2019, Farid is campaigning for March the 15th to be recognised as a day of compassion. He wants those who died to remembered for their love and not the hate visited upon their community by a lone gunman. In this video Farid speaks to:
For generations, the ancestral rock art of the Arowhenua people has been owned by others, with the land and limestone caves held in private ownership as part of a Gould family farm. Now after more than 170 years, Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua has purchased back the land and full access and ownership of their ancient taonga.