Maungaturoto Matters Issue 100 March 2010 Part 1

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New Dairy Cattle Code of Welfare Dairy farmers will now give effect to the Animal Wel-fare (Dairy Cattle) Code of Welfare 2010 (Code). “Federated Farmers Dairy along with other industry bodies, has worked with the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) to revise the Dairy Code of Welfare,” says John Bluett, vice-chair of Fed-erated Farmers Dairy Industry Group. “Yet the code is really two documents in one. First we have the core code itself – the minimum standard while there are also recommended ‘best practices’. “While I can see why they decided to roll these two very distinct things into the one document, in reality, they should have been split out and published as separate documents. “By rolling the two together, lay-people could easily confuse what they see as not meeting a legal mini-mum, when in fact, it’s actually best practice guid-ance. Furthermore, lay-people may not understand farmers taking a hybrid approach that exceeds the minimum but doesn’t meet best practice guidance in the Code. “Splitting the two out remains Federated Farmers preference as the best practice guidance is very sound for good stock management. It would make a very good training tool as good stockmanship is a pri-ority for Federated Farmers and we’re working with DairyNZ to develop both training and guidance. “The New Zealand dairy industry sees stockmanship as a vital skill set. It’s what we’re judged on and is fundamental to sustaining consumer trust. Stockman-ship is something dairy farmers need to develop in themselves and any staff who interact with farm ani-mals. “Good stockmanship is also sound business practice. It increases the productivity of our dairy cattle and that increases the profitability of our individual farms. “We’re impressed by the best practice guidance in the Code as it’s comprehensive and will be very useful from a training perspective. “As the Code sets a legal minimum, it’s really incum-bent on Federated Farmers, DairyNZ and the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand to work on evolving industry practice and training, Mr Bluett con-cluded.

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What happened to Friendship? Statistician George Barna commented that 60% of people now believe it has become harder to make and sustain friendships. He goes on to look into the Church as an institution and exposes the almost total lack of natural commit-ment being modeled in some “mass market” churches. For example 70% of pastors admit to not having any close personal friends. These are the people who are sup-posed to model the life style we all need. Didn’t Jesus call his disciples “friends”? What is the issue here? In another book called “Bowling Alone” by Robert Putnam, the author notes that nearly every type of organization in our society has experienced a big drop in membership. This is evidenced by the fact that, while more people are bowling now than in the 1950’s, there are far fewer bowling leagues. Re-member bowling? We live in a success driven culture, but sadly we are beginning to reap the fallout of the enormous drive for indi-vidual fulfillment at any cost. We make decisions for our own lives at the cost of relationships on almost a daily ba-sis; we move our lives and homes to where the money is. We cannot build lasting relationships because of the total insecurity of our circumstances. For example, bosses are being ad-vised to get rid of people who have been on staff more than 5 years. They get stale and too expensive. Nothing is permanent. We are paying for our “bottom line” mania. I remember in a radio interview the great Wayne Gretzky (ice hockey player) saying “I always skate to where the puck is going to be.” His comment exemplified individual performance success for me. He was a Superstar and there is much good in his state-ment but it is an exclusive statement; it is the personal success formula of an individual. The downside is, Hockey is a team sport. In our so called Western Culture, we have glorified individual personal suc-cess to the point where it is hurting us. Everyone wants their ten minutes of fame. I heard our Prime Minister refer-

ring to this trend when asked if it was dangerous to attend some events, He replied to the effect that there is al-ways a risk nowadays of someone wanting to have their moment in the spotlight at his expense. French Sociologist Alexis de Toc-queville toured the new developing America in the 1800’s and spoke of the danger of selfish isolationism that threatened that nation. De Tocqueville in his 1835 book “Democracy in Amer-ica” used the new term “individualism.” Individualism has mutated now into hyper-individualism, a condition we are not willing to acknowledge as a dis-ease. Individualism is a term used to de-scribe a moral, political or social out-look that elevates human independ-ence, individual self-reliance and per-sonal liberty. Individualists promote the vital role of an individual’s goals and desires. They oppose anything that interferes with an individual's choices - whether by cul-ture or the State. Individualism is therefore opposed to anything that means we have to share our lives with others or any organizations which stress that communal, group, society, racial, or national goals should take precedence over personal goals. Indi-vidualism is also opposed to the view that tradition, religion or any other form of external or imposed standard should be used to limit an individual's choice of actions. The great pronouns “me” and “I” are the staunchest defenders. The anthem is “I did it my way.” There is a price for individualism: Loneliness, friendlessness, isolation and ultimately either a hardening of the attitudes or despair. Mostly the survi-vors have a bad case of hardened atti-tudes. All of us know people who have iso-lated themselves by their own drive for personal fulfillment. They often live in splendid solitude telling themselves they have arrived, but where? The remedy for those of us who are aware of this creeping materialism and hardness is to have real friends. This means we need to open our hearts and our homes to others. If time is the issue here we need to remember that one day we will have plenty of time, but probably no opportunity or health to enjoy it. By friends I do not mean comrades. Comrades are people with whom we share a mutual experience such as work or a major event. Friends are

people who are still around years later despite changing circumstances and we can just pick up where we left off, anytime. Accommodating each other impartially without simply gravitating to people because of similar interests or circum-stances will bring the best friendships. We have to work harder at it. I have some friends who immerse themselves in the world of positive mental attitude or success books, CD’s, seminars and conferences with big name speakers and big money. They cannot stand to hear things that are not “UP”. I have to modify my speech for them because I don’t come from their world. Does this mean I am negative? No. I just see a broader pic-ture without despising either view. Nei-ther is right, just different. The impor-tant thing is we are still friends! We can get so used to a friendless life. We climb onto our success treadmills every day and tell ourselves it’s all worth it but we have bits missing. We are incomplete humans that need vali-dating and legitimizing. Only people who can penetrate our hard little shells can reach into our cold hearts and squeeze. How many real friends do you have? To answer in the negative could mean there is a serious “hardening of the attitudes”. I am not going to propose some simplistic formula to change the situation. But it does begin with recog-nizing that selfishness and greed can be at the bottom of it all. Come on out of that hard shell and live! Pastor David Maungaturoto Congregational

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