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.

    Pledgers 192

    Taika Waititi
    20/03/2012 at 3:42am
    Stefan Unterrader
    20/03/2012 at 2:34am
    Rachel
    19/03/2012 at 11:30pm
    Ben Vanderpoel
    19/03/2012 at 10:27pm
    Lee Woodman
    19/03/2012 at 10:26pm
    Jenny Collins
    19/03/2012 at 4:48pm
    Leanne Pooley
    19/03/2012 at 12:47pm
    Lissy Mayer & Jared Turner
    19/03/2012 at 12:37pm
    Yvonne Andrew
    19/03/2012 at 11:53am
    Michael Sardo
    19/03/2012 at 9:34am
    beatworldrecords
    19/03/2012 at 12:36am
    Mikee
    18/03/2012 at 11:49pm
    Ilai & Ella
    18/03/2012 at 10:29pm
    Anonymous pledger
    17/03/2012 at 12:58am
    Prue Clark
    16/03/2012 at 11:58pm
    Crea
    16/03/2012 at 1:38pm
    Shea Dawson
    16/03/2012 at 12:32pm
    Mark Harlen
    16/03/2012 at 8:33am
    Gabriella Cinderella
    15/03/2012 at 10:23am
    Ryan Scott Kennedy
    15/03/2012 at 10:08am
    Rugid Shuntibum
    14/03/2012 at 10:28pm
    Luke Kean
    14/03/2012 at 6:53pm
    Kim Cable
    14/03/2012 at 3:41pm
    susan de liefde
    14/03/2012 at 2:59pm
    Ryan Reynolds and Davy Simpson
    13/03/2012 at 8:31pm
    Laina Karipa
    13/03/2012 at 8:19pm
    Janis Russell
    13/03/2012 at 5:36pm
    Sarah James
    13/03/2012 at 5:30pm
    Lauren Cornish
    13/03/2012 at 4:00pm
    Anonymous pledger
    13/03/2012 at 1:48pm

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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.

      Taika Waititi
      20/03/2012 at 3:42am
      Stefan Unterrader
      20/03/2012 at 2:34am
      Rachel
      19/03/2012 at 11:30pm
      Ben Vanderpoel
      19/03/2012 at 10:27pm
      Lee Woodman
      19/03/2012 at 10:26pm
      Jenny Collins
      19/03/2012 at 4:48pm
      Leanne Pooley
      19/03/2012 at 12:47pm
      Lissy Mayer & Jared Turner
      19/03/2012 at 12:37pm
      Yvonne Andrew
      19/03/2012 at 11:53am
      Michael Sardo
      19/03/2012 at 9:34am
      beatworldrecords
      19/03/2012 at 12:36am
      Mikee
      18/03/2012 at 11:49pm
      Ilai & Ella
      18/03/2012 at 10:29pm
      Anonymous pledger
      17/03/2012 at 12:58am
      Prue Clark
      16/03/2012 at 11:58pm
      Crea
      16/03/2012 at 1:38pm
      Shea Dawson
      16/03/2012 at 12:32pm
      Mark Harlen
      16/03/2012 at 8:33am
      Gabriella Cinderella
      15/03/2012 at 10:23am
      Ryan Scott Kennedy
      15/03/2012 at 10:08am
      Rugid Shuntibum
      14/03/2012 at 10:28pm
      Luke Kean
      14/03/2012 at 6:53pm
      Kim Cable
      14/03/2012 at 3:41pm
      susan de liefde
      14/03/2012 at 2:59pm
      Ryan Reynolds and Davy Simpson
      13/03/2012 at 8:31pm
      Laina Karipa
      13/03/2012 at 8:19pm
      Janis Russell
      13/03/2012 at 5:36pm
      Sarah James
      13/03/2012 at 5:30pm
      Lauren Cornish
      13/03/2012 at 4:00pm
      Anonymous pledger
      13/03/2012 at 1:48pm

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