A wilderness area has beauty and biodiversity because roads have not been put there and human habitation is low. Get with it.

It might be useful for regional councils and central government to get together to create coherence about who is responsible for what in terms of conserving and preserving NZ’s various treasures and resources. And how the work is funded, and by whom it is done, to what standards, so vital matters don’t wash through the crevasses.

Should there be will enough – attention is also needed for setting up the frameworks for reliably collecting coherent and uniform data for present and future use and for sharing among contributors, including research agencies and universities.

DoC is still on the ‘threatened’ list. Be great to see its range and habitats upgraded.

What? There’s hardly anybody there! The monorail would be a great idea, so people who are unable to hike/tramp etc, could see this part of the South Island. It need not be too intrusive at all.

Kevin Hackwell and team have done some great work opposing the ravages of developers, vandals and opportunists who push to profit from destruction of the natural resources we have around us.

Brownlee is prepared to swap wildlife for cash when little is known about the consequences.

Conservation week yes but celebration hardly.

Marking it with some significant conservation action or supporting other doing so would have merit.

What would Labour do?