Strypey#NZ is an island country whose #CoastGuard is mostly staffed by volunteers. "It costs about [NZ]$20 million dollars a year to keep it's 80 vessels patrolling the water, it gets 12.5% of that from the government, and fundraises the rest."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/insight/audio/2018702633/time-s-up-for-volunteering
#MaritimeNZ now wants them to raise another NZ$20,000 to pay a levy that used to be waived.
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