Thread: Total lock down in 48hours

+1 @Phil_H great post. I’m sure every one of us would love to continue our roar plans and head for the hills, the stags will still be there once this is over, stay at home so we can all get back out there sooner

Hey Goosebay hunter what setup are you using on your solo mission, looks like big long range stuff to me.

Saw a car towing a boat this morning....of to lockdown I’d imagine....Taupō maybe..???


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Originally Posted by tiroahunta

Saw a car towing a boat this morning....of to lockdown I’d imagine....Taupō maybe..???

One guy on talkback yesterday said that there was a steady stream of cars with boats heading Taupo way

A jake is still much quieter less disruptive than a crash down the bottom of the hill because he’s run out of brakes

State of Emergency declared an hour or two back also, this is an additional measure above the lockdown which gives the police, military etc power to arrest (and hold if they want too) all you smart guys that think the rules don't apply to you... ( @Goosebayhunter ……. ) so if you think you are one of these smart people that can go fishing, go for a hunt etc because you think youre not going to affect anyone you may want to think again. I have friends and family in law enforecement and the military, and this step has been taken basically to allow them to stop and arrest you if youre on the road to somewhere and youre not completing an essential activity

Goose is infamous in the guiding industry to be a complete f***tard. No surprises here

Great common sense post by Phil

We just got pulled out of our Wanaka block 4 days early.

Was having breakfast and glassing for deer and the Squirrel came swooping in

Mskes sense to "lockdown" at a holiday bach I reckon, especially if you have kids. Fresh sir, fishin, swimming etc and wide open spaces.

Originally Posted by Woody

Mskes sense to "lockdown" at a holiday bach I reckon, especially if you have kids. Fresh sir, fishin, swimming etc and wide open spaces.

Only trouble is the more remote the bach the lesser availability of medical aid if something does happen. We have a population of around 950 to 1000 here but a ton of holiday homes that would at least quadruple the local population, with just a 4 square and a small medical centre of all the bach owners turned up the locals would be screwed big time.

Where are all the non-self-contained camper vans heading to, let alone the contained ones. Still floating around where today's travels have taken me.

Been wondering about that too. There are a lot of bods and couples living out of these and moving around orchards normally.

Ok out of curiosity I have just applied for and got a new hunting permit for doc managed land for the entire top half of the island as per usual.......no warnings or closure of permits that I could see?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Ok out of curiosity I have just applied for and got a new hunting permit for doc managed land for the entire top half of the island as per usual.......no warnings or closure of permits that I could see?

Yeah I had a nosey on the DOC website and couldn't find any mention of cancelling hunting permits as has been said on another post .

Hopefully NZF have brought some common sense into this. Some booze for relief, others smoke, others go fidhing, others go hunting, many gamble or go shopping. I know some who must go to sea and work hard fidhing or hunting or suffer serious health issues. People can self isolate while still satisfying those mental, spritual and physical needs including the satisfaction of putting food on the table and making life as "normal" as reasonably and safely possible for their family. This necesarry interuption to our lives is goung on at least a month and probably till August so trying to retain normality within the health constraints is very important from the outset. Otherwise the overload will come back in many ways related to mental and physical related issues not related to covid19 at all. For many the hinaki, the fish hook, the bait gathering, the netting, the cleaning, the smoking or cooking and the environments pertaining to those skills are life itself and its meaningfulness. Fish is just one example though. The spirits of the air, the waters and the forwsts and the lands are cleansing and clean.