Because it’s murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3
It’s as easy to learn as your ABC
Murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3
It’s as easy to learn as your ABC

Now you can join the ranks of the illustrious
In history’s great dark hall of fame
All our greatest killers were industrious
At least the ones that we all know by name The Police Murder By Numbers.

As I dig deeper into Tiwai toxic mess I begin to realise Ouvea is just the tip of the toxic pile.

Because it’s murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3It’s as easy to learn as your ABCMurder by numbers, 1, 2, 3It’s as easy to learn as your ABC Now you can join the ranks of the illustriousIn history’s great dark hall of fameAll our greatest killers were industriousAt least the ones that we all know by name The Police Murder By Numbers.

As I dig deeper into Tiwai toxic mess I begin to realise Ouvea is just the tip of the toxic pile.

Those downplaying the discovery of Ouvea at Mataura, by reporting that event but staying mum concerning the fact Ouvea, an aqua toxin, is also found in downtown Invercargill, in Aawarura, and elsewhere (all in areas prone to flooding), are doing so because they know once the public realise the scale of poisoning at work it won’t just be RTZ who’s for the high jump. In some way Rio Tito Zinc are the scapegoat there to distract us while the toxic avengers go about their business (knowing full well RTZ are beyond our reach). The same is true for why they only refer to it as a class six hazard (which is still serious shit). If they acknowledge it’s class four then we might start asking what else is stored at Tiwai. For now let me just say a lot but will get into the precise nature and scale of waste dump there at another date.

No, at stake are the interlocking businesses such as Fonterra, Holcim cement, forestry, agri-business, central government on both sides of the house and councils up and down the nation, who have let more than 220 waste dumps (plus other sites including coal dumps, dairy farms and crop fields sprayed with “fertiliser”) become toxic bombs poisoning the entire nation. Bombs such as the dumps in Mataura, Gore, Franz Joseph and Westport, that are now starting to go off at a cost of millions of dollars and the hundreds of thousands of lives which will be affected through inaction. These people are scared shitless of what will happen when the public finally realise murder has been permitted to take place on an industrial scale with state approval.

1080 could be fought by the big boys as they could control the battle ground and terms of reference. You could convince some it was good and the majority not to worry as it was not happening in your back yard. But this is different. Once people come to understand the true ecological cost there will be hell to pay. I even go so far as to say the medical and legal profession are going to have to work hard to convince the public they were not willing participants in this case of slow motion genocide. A form of fatal poisoning that affects every class and every demographic you care to name.

FACT CANCER RATES ARE 1 in 2 for Women right now and 1 in 3 for men. In the next 25 years that is anticipated to rise by 50% (think about that statement for 10 seconds if you will). Our country is per square mile one of the most chemically saturated nations in the world.

We rate as the 64th highest country for cancer deaths in 25 years. I expect that we will rise to the top 40 and don’t expect it to fall in the ranking anytime soon because we’re absolutely soaking in every cancerous precursor you care to name.

And when you have the leader of the Greens James Shaw being a former public relation specialist for Bayer, one of the most environmentally unfriendly pharmaceutical companies in the world, you know something’s got to change regarding how we view current environmentalism and its buddy-buddy relations with eco-villains with large marketing budgets.