Just whose was the heinous act?

Well, who’d have thought? Timaru – sex capital of the southern hemisphere!

Never was there a case of cant and hypocrisy to match this – a couple observed in apparently compromising circumstances inside a car in The Warehouse car park. Much worse – the perpetrator (ie the one who alerted the constabulary) then boasted of his act of perfidy on Facebook or some such gossip rag, ranting on about his success in busting this heinous act of public debauchery. What rubbish.

Well do I remember the time when Constable Hughie Royal and myself were alerted to a car abandoned in the middle of the road in one of Auckland’s gentrified suburbs, Remuera, no less.

We found the car and to our surprise as we were pushing it to the side of the road two heads looking somewhat dishevelled and a little embarrassed popped up from the back seat.

Naturally we invited them to speak. In their own words, ‘‘We just couldn’t stop ourselves’’. No apologies, no guilty pleas, just an saving or building in this city. acknowledgement of the human condition. After strongly suggesting they mend their ways, we departed, chortling to ourselves and in sold New Zealand off to the highest bidder. Oops too late. possession of a great story for morning tea. Grow up, Timaru. Mamaku predicated seriously compromised.

On current evidence relating to conservation matters this would not concern the current Government one whit. The Opposition parties have doubtless looked at that and rightly said, ‘‘No way’’.

If their response has been ‘‘to deride the policy as an empty stunt, lacking the required funding . . .’’ that is because they are far less cynical than the current regime and more honest and upfront about the true cost, in every sense of the word, of such a deal, if indeed it is even achievable.