Southern Legend of the Month: Police Sergeant Tod Hollebon

You often come across delightful stories of everyday Southerners doing great, if not hard case things. The news story from Te Anau about Police Sergeant Tod Hollebon who nabbed some smelly Spaniards who had crapped in one of our National Park areas. This story has been reported all around the world and is reported here in Australia. (Link here) . I tried to find a picture of the man because he is the type of bloke you'd like to put a face to! I did find he transfered from Stewart Island to Te Anau a few years ago on promotion so he will have a huge dose of Southern common sense.  Stewart Island News (link here: Page 5).

As the senior Police Officer in the area he gets quoted a lot in news articles as he comes across accidents, rescues, search and rescues and now he is on the front line of defecating tourists. I read with a knot in my gets a few months ago about this huge plague of narding tourists. They free camp in our lovely South Island and assume the package also includes the green light to dump where ever they see fit.

Enter Sergeant Tod Hollebon who is probably forever dealing with muppet tourists. Ranging from those who skip off on walks into the Alps without warm clothes sparking full scale searches, to those who feel the Police are the first point of contact to ask directions and enter into long tie wasting conversations. Now this is all speculation on my behalf but I would venture that finally nailing a group of these "Foreign Nard Bombers" would have been a gift to the man. Bingo!

The option of cleaning up what they and others have contributed to our nation is pure "win-win" magic. You avoid a conviction and your holiday from being trashed by a court appearance, I keep our courts clear for the bigger fish that need frying and we get this shit cleaned up! This is pure gold and I'm not the only one who agrees given the overseas media coverage.

Call me old fashioned but it is not actually on to visit another country and crap where ever you feel like it. Like most Kiwi's I have backpacked all over Europe and don't recall just downloading in public places, on roads or in National parks. They just expect you to use the toilets provided and to pay as you do so.

Good on you Sergeant Hollebon. You get my vote for Southerner of the Month.

Now about those "pay to use toilets"..........