NZ’s former PM Helen Clarke has spoken out on Instagram against Siren Gold’s proposal for a fast-tracked gold mine at Sams Creek. She called it ‘another nightmare proposal’, after reading Newsroom’s Fox Meyers’ article on his November ’25 visit to…
‘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.…
Sams Creek Collective (‘SCC’) representatives have had an introductory meeting with Siren Gold’s new CEO Zane Padman in Takaka on 9 September. The meeting was facilitated by Community Board member Grant Knowles at the Council Service Centre, after he had…
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…
Cyanide contaminating an iconic river, or rivers of gold for Central Otago? Arsenic poisoning famous pinot noir vines, or growth, jobs and prosperity? A controversial gold mine in Central Otago is dividing a community and country, and highlighting fears about…
Nina Hindmarsh continues to follow the Sams Creek story, with The Press today publishing her article after she spoke this week with both Sams Creek Collective and Minister for Resources Shane Jones. Excerpt: ‘Opponents of a proposed gold mine say…
Thank you to Jo Richards and the Weekly for this front page article on the well-attended Sams Creek Collective’s public meeting informing our local community of the latest developments, and sharing our very real concerns over Siren Gold’s proposed plans…
A Tasman climate change candidate meeting has drawn mixed views on Sams Creek. Speaking at a webinar organised by the Nelson Tasman Climate Forum, Forest & Bird and the Tasman Environmental Trust on Thursday evening, the four out of five…
Uploaded slides from the Sams Creek Public Meeting in Takaka. Thank you to all who came along to learn more and learn too what you can do to take action.