New Zealand will not be ‘guilt-tripped’ over environment, resources minister says
New Zealand will not be ‘guilt-tripped’ over environment, resources minister says

Shane Jones is unapologetic about his plan to double mineral exports to $3bn over the next decade despite criticism over potential environmental impacts

Those people who have sought to deify our wilderness … those days are over. We are not going to sit around and read poetry to rare lizards, whilst our current account deficit goes down the gurgler,” Jones said.
Lol :)
As an aethiest, if you must be into the whole deity thing, deifying nature is no bad thing, it literally underpins everything.