There is nothing new under the sun.

Further to the previous post on the unusual funding of projects by Council, the attached letter to the editor also appeared earlier in the month in the Marlborough Express;

The good news is that the local knowledge gained by residents of Marlborough over many years of living on the land has some fantastic suggestions for the type of wood that would be suitable for vineyard posts.

The bad news is that the vineyards cut down the trees and burned them to make room for more grapes.

The good news is that the rate payers pockets are deep enough to fund an initiative to discover something we already know for an industry who's involvement is most notable for the fact that they have destroyed the evidence.