A week is a long time....

It must be me. Every time I take off to New Zealand, for holiday or the recent health scare of my elderly relation, something BIG happens here.
And so it was this last week.
The Federal Labor Party implosion was semi expected, but the totality of the stupidity has left me speechless. How a government can continually shoot itself in the foot then nearly blow off its head is stuff of fiction.
I wonder how much more we can be subjected to until the next election.
Meanwhile, in the land of Middle-Earth the drought continues, with beautiful weather and little rain. The view from the aeroplane yesterday showed the bare brown hillsides, with occasional green patches of crop and irrigation. The river is just a trickle meandering across the wide gravel bed.

Each visit I wonder why this part of New Zealand's North Island doesn't have more Photo Voltaic installation on houses. The electricity prices are comparable to Victoria and there is just as much sun.
I came across the REFIT NZ website which aims to get Feed-In Tarriff legislation passed in New Zealand. A recent news story (hawkesabaytoday.co.nz) indicated "Big Jump in Price for Power"showing how the cost of providing electricity in NZ continues to rise. But there is not the push to install PV panels and help customers ameliorate these rising costs, even though the cost of Solar PV installations continue to plummet even in "clean green NZ"!
So get your act together Kiwi's or you'll need the power for air conditioning if this summer's temperatures continue in the future!
Yes, I'll have to purchase some more Carbon Credits for my travel - something I didn't have time to do when booking. Health scares will only continue with elderly relations in their 8th and 9th decades!