Experienced Australian engineer Ian Magee queries the opinions of Santana Minerals CEO Damian Spring published in the ODT (17.2.26), after Spring’s words have found their way to him in Bendigo— Australia’s historic epicentre of gold mining. “Damian presented us with…
Is this what we want in Golden Bay? Landowners living near the Cadia gold mine, one of the world’s biggest goldmines located in Australia’s central west NSW, have launched an environmental class action in Australia’s Supreme Court alleging contamination of…
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…
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…
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…
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…