Our neighbours are joining the fight for our environment, waters and communities – In today’s Press: Residents and iwi of a Marlborough Sounds inlet say they will challenge any moves by an Australian company to restart mining operations in the…
‘On notice’: Greens pledge to revoke fast-track consents for coal, hard-rock gold, seabed mining projects “Today, we are putting the seabed mining, hardrock gold mining and coal mining industries – and their investors – on notice. Your fast-track consents are…
Great article out this week after Newsroom’s Fox Meyer travelled to Golden Bay to join a public walk up to the proposed Sams Creek mining location. The walk was organised by Sams Creek Collective and local walking group Wednesday Walkers.…
Can you help speak up against the government’s Fast-track Amendment Bill? We have just 24 hours left to have our say. The shameful Bill was introduced just last week and passed its first reading in parliament on 7 November. It…
As proposals for new gold mines explode across New Zealand, sparking criticism and controversy, a more fundamental question is being asked: Do we actually need any more gold? Mike White reports in the Sunday Star Times. “The total amount of…
Golden Bay’s Te Waikoropupū Springs is a major regional tourism attraction – the largest cold water springs in the Southern hemisphere and home to some of the clearest water ever measured. Tasman District Council is trying to implement a Water…
The Minister for the Environment Penny Simmonds is being accused of staying silent on fast-track projects which affect the environment. The Fast-Track Approvals Act, which is intended to speed up development and infrastructure projects, requires the Environment Minister to be…
After a tailings dam burst back in February resulting in an environmental disaster, a Zambian community’s court action received media coverage around the world just two weeks ago. Could a mining accident like this happen here? Yes, it could. We…