Sunday Star-Times

Predator types

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What on earth will the country look like when it is predator-free in 2050? No kea to predate the sheep, no dairy cattle to predate the waterways, no banks or financial institutio­ns to predate the unfortunat­e poor, no Pakeha or Maori to predate the environmen­t and so it goes on ad infinitum, just when I was beginning to think that utopia was a pipe dream. Thanks for the encouragin­g point of direction Mr Key, but I wonder, is this the gestation of another flagtype debate and will the outcome be just as unachievab­le? John D Mahony, Christchur­ch

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