THE MIA MIA

Further to the mia mia that was recently discovered here: it was vandalized badly sometime over last weekend. The notice in the paper mentioned that Parks does not have the resources to adequately monitor or safeguard such a site, which lay just outside a conservation area. It added that the individual(s) who did the trashing must have set out to do so, since the mia mia’s location wasn’t such that you’d stumble over it accidentally while out for a hike. An editorial has been written about the tragic stupidity of such actions; the current government has made no comment on it. I suppose the jury is out on who might be responsible— and may well remain out. “Mere” vandals, racists, or timber industry supporters might all be included in the police line-up, if a line-up were held …