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I win "a battle" but the war continues

28 June 2017

Very interesting things have happened in respect to my battle with the local South Waikato District Council in respect to the right for people to fly their drones in the parks and reserves of Tokoroa.

The Waikato Times published this story today on the subject.

As usual, the council denies the facts and refutes the facts but this time they have totally shot themselves in the foot and I believe I have scored victory.

I'll ignore most of the bold-faced lies and misinformation that I'll be exposing later in my documentary (by the presentation of emails and recordings of meetings which will clearly evidence the facts and highlight the dishonest of the comments made by the SWDC in the newspaper report -- instead I'll be looking at this "foot in mouth" moment from the council...

Forums are up!

Yes, people have been complaining about the lack of forums for months now so I finally got off my chuff and finished the transition to the new server and the commissioning of the new forums.

Unfortunately you will have to re-register, it just wasn't practical to transition the IDs from the old server -- although the old stuff will be maintained in a "read-only" capacity for some time to come.

So, if you want to "have your say" then register at the new forums using the magic word Aardvarkroxs when asked for it.

Take a moment to introduce yourself to the rest of the Aardvark community and pretty shortly I'll be expanding the number of forums to encompass a number of areas that are regularly discussed on this site.

The contact form is not yet working (got to rejig the CGI scripts) but if anyone wants to email me they can send their communications to editor at this domain or PM me via the forums.

Oh yes, if anyone wants a bit of a plug then the sponsorship space is now up for grabs. Until someone is prepared to offer a donation for the use of this space, I'm happy to offer a free plug to anyone who wants to send me a suitable 150x150 graphic and link.

Stay tuned!

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