Some groups have backed Sir Tim Smit's blaming of dairying for tainting New Zealand’s clean, green tourism brand. Dairy NZ wants Sir Tim Smit to come to New Zealand for a dip in a river after the prominent UK environmental entrepreneur publicly likened the country to a ‘‘beautiful person with cancer’’. But other groups have backed Sir Tim’s blaming of dairying for tainting New Zealand’s clean, green tourism brand. ‘‘It is like a beautiful person with cancer. The Avon River, which Sir Tim references, is the river that flows through Christchurch city and isn’t anywhere near dairy farms.’’New Zealand was ‘‘still very much a beautiful person’,’’ Mr Thorrold said, ‘‘and proud of it’’.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 01, 2017 20:37 UTC