Fracking Whatatutu

By Sumner Burstyn

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Fracking Whatatutu

Project 2012-02-11 00:21:47 +1300

Thank you to all our pledgers and supporters. With the PCE announcing a full investigation into fracking in New Zealand we have decided not to make the film. While we have done much research we feel it is an uphill battle to fund the film to the level that would make it viable (and brilliant). Your pledges have not been processed.

We are going to use the trailer we made as part of a submission to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

And we’d like you to get involved.

We are asking everyone who pledged or who has a burning question to provide a few sentences to be sent as part of our submission.

JOIN THE CONVERSATION HERE www.facebook.com/FrackingWhatatutu

FOLLOW US HERE www.twitter.com/fracknz


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The New Zealand government has issued exploration licenses to Tag Oil and its partner Apache. Using hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, they intend to extract oil and gas from the area around Whatatutu, a tight-knit East Coast town of 300 residents. The town is surrounded by traditional family farms, forestry and reserves of fuel-rich subterranean rock so vast Tag Oil says the area is “literally leaking oil and gas”.


Mining advocates claim fracking - which involves injecting millions of litres of highly pressurised water, sand and chemicals into the earth - is safe; opponents insist it leaves a toxic legacy.


Do you want fracking in New Zealand? What if they want to frack on your land? What can you do? Do you know enough about fracking to make an informed decision?


Fracking Whatatutu is being made by professional, award-winning filmmakers concerned about the lack of informed discussion about the issue in New Zealand. The documentary will examine the national and global implications of fracking via the microcosm of Whatatutu’s experience, challenging the claims of environmentalists and oil companies alike.

Pledge your support and help expose the facts about fracking.

fracking

Flexible Funding

Fracking Whatatutu is the first flexible funding campaign on PledgeMe. This means, every dollar pledged to this project will be charged to the pledger. This is not the normal threshold system offered by the website, and we're trying to figure out if this should be part of our normal offering. Tell us your thoughts on flexible funding by emailing: [email protected].

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Bfm Radio Interview

13/03/2012 at 7:17 AM

Producer Sumner Burstyn is asked some pertinent question in an interview by Gary Farrow - The Wire news and current affairs show

Why we are making this film

12/03/2012 at 9:32 AM

Do you want to see a comprehensive, scientifically sound film about fracking in New Zealand? PLEASE TELL US WHY!

All you have to do is make a simple video comment and post it to our Youtube account! It can be just you and your webcam, make it as simple as you like.

Go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QHDsjhf8fE > Click the All Comments box located beneath our trailer info (the same place you would click to write a comment). A hyperlink on the right of the box called Create a video response will appear - click this link. You will be given two options for choosing your video response.

WE want to make this film. WE believe there is a serious lack of debate about major environmental changes happening in New Zealand. If you do too please help us.

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    Annette
    06/03/2012 at 7:33am
    Cherie Johansson
    05/03/2012 at 10:43pm
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    05/03/2012 at 8:12pm
    Pat Scott
    05/03/2012 at 8:05pm
    Greg Hart
    05/03/2012 at 7:34pm
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    Kate McDermott and Angela Bloomfield
    05/03/2012 at 9:39am
    Anonymous pledger
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    04/03/2012 at 11:38am
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    04/03/2012 at 9:40am
    Sid Becker
    03/03/2012 at 7:12pm
    Barbara Belger
    03/03/2012 at 3:01pm
    Paul Ferguson
    03/03/2012 at 8:00am
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    Charlotte Harris
    02/03/2012 at 12:28pm
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    Fracking Whatatutu

    Project 2012-02-11 00:21:47 +1300

    Thank you to all our pledgers and supporters. With the PCE announcing a full investigation into fracking in New Zealand we have decided not to make the film. While we have done much research we feel it is an uphill battle to fund the film to the level that would make it viable (and brilliant). Your pledges have not been processed.

    We are going to use the trailer we made as part of a submission to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

    And we’d like you to get involved.

    We are asking everyone who pledged or who has a burning question to provide a few sentences to be sent as part of our submission.

    JOIN THE CONVERSATION HERE www.facebook.com/FrackingWhatatutu

    FOLLOW US HERE www.twitter.com/fracknz


    ----


    The New Zealand government has issued exploration licenses to Tag Oil and its partner Apache. Using hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, they intend to extract oil and gas from the area around Whatatutu, a tight-knit East Coast town of 300 residents. The town is surrounded by traditional family farms, forestry and reserves of fuel-rich subterranean rock so vast Tag Oil says the area is “literally leaking oil and gas”.


    Mining advocates claim fracking - which involves injecting millions of litres of highly pressurised water, sand and chemicals into the earth - is safe; opponents insist it leaves a toxic legacy.


    Do you want fracking in New Zealand? What if they want to frack on your land? What can you do? Do you know enough about fracking to make an informed decision?


    Fracking Whatatutu is being made by professional, award-winning filmmakers concerned about the lack of informed discussion about the issue in New Zealand. The documentary will examine the national and global implications of fracking via the microcosm of Whatatutu’s experience, challenging the claims of environmentalists and oil companies alike.

    Pledge your support and help expose the facts about fracking.

    fracking

    Flexible Funding

    Fracking Whatatutu is the first flexible funding campaign on PledgeMe. This means, every dollar pledged to this project will be charged to the pledger. This is not the normal threshold system offered by the website, and we're trying to figure out if this should be part of our normal offering. Tell us your thoughts on flexible funding by emailing: [email protected].

    Comments

    Bfm Radio Interview

    13/03/2012 at 7:17 AM

    Producer Sumner Burstyn is asked some pertinent question in an interview by Gary Farrow - The Wire news and current affairs show

    Why we are making this film

    12/03/2012 at 9:32 AM

    Do you want to see a comprehensive, scientifically sound film about fracking in New Zealand? PLEASE TELL US WHY!

    All you have to do is make a simple video comment and post it to our Youtube account! It can be just you and your webcam, make it as simple as you like.

    Go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QHDsjhf8fE > Click the All Comments box located beneath our trailer info (the same place you would click to write a comment). A hyperlink on the right of the box called Create a video response will appear - click this link. You will be given two options for choosing your video response.

    WE want to make this film. WE believe there is a serious lack of debate about major environmental changes happening in New Zealand. If you do too please help us.

      Annette
      06/03/2012 at 7:33am
      Cherie Johansson
      05/03/2012 at 10:43pm
      Ben Thirell-White
      05/03/2012 at 10:07pm
      Anonymous pledger
      05/03/2012 at 9:42pm
      Anonymous pledger
      05/03/2012 at 9:06pm
      Anonymous pledger
      05/03/2012 at 8:51pm
      Torfrida Wainwright
      05/03/2012 at 8:38pm
      Carolyn Gillum
      05/03/2012 at 8:32pm
      Aly Bennett
      05/03/2012 at 8:13pm
      Jinty
      05/03/2012 at 8:12pm
      Pat Scott
      05/03/2012 at 8:05pm
      Greg Hart
      05/03/2012 at 7:34pm
      Anonymous pledger
      05/03/2012 at 7:25pm
      Paul Bailey
      05/03/2012 at 6:31pm
      Anonymous pledger
      05/03/2012 at 5:56pm
      Anonymous pledger
      05/03/2012 at 5:47pm
      Anonymous pledger
      05/03/2012 at 5:44pm
      Amy Scott
      05/03/2012 at 5:42pm
      mervyn horwitz
      05/03/2012 at 5:34pm
      Kate McDermott and Angela Bloomfield
      05/03/2012 at 9:39am
      Anonymous pledger
      05/03/2012 at 9:31am
      Linda Shaw
      04/03/2012 at 11:38am
      Anonymous pledger
      04/03/2012 at 9:43am
      Anonymous pledger
      04/03/2012 at 9:40am
      Sid Becker
      03/03/2012 at 7:12pm
      Barbara Belger
      03/03/2012 at 3:01pm
      Paul Ferguson
      03/03/2012 at 8:00am
      Anna Guenther
      02/03/2012 at 2:33pm
      Charlotte Harris
      02/03/2012 at 12:28pm
      administrator
      02/03/2012 at 12:25pm

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      This campaign was unsuccessful and finished on 18/04/2012 at 12:52 AM.