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Another day, another massive mining waste disaster. Just weeks ago. Do we want this to be the fate of the Takaka River, the pristine Springs, our beautiful bay? Our community’s drinking water and lifeblood? It’s a no from me. “A…

In case you missed this. Here is the link to last Friday’s interviews on the Sam’s Creek Mine. Julie Downard transcript “Good morning Julie. Welcome etc.Can you tell me a little bit about Sams Creek Collective and what your…

Around the country, communities are asking questions and challenging gold mining projects put forward under the unwelcome new Fast Track legislation. Down in beautiful Central Otago, local opposition is strong as Santana Minerals seek to progress their proposal for the…

The GB Weekly put the resumption of exploratory drilling up at Sam’s Creek on the front page of its 28 Feb issue. Thorough story from Jo Richards, incorporating comments from Sam’s Creek Collective’s Julie Downard and Kevin Moran speaking for…

“Open-cast mines are for keeps, so no to gold prospecting” Excellent opinion piece from Richard Reeve in the Otago Daily Times on the late Brian Turner, poet, essayist, author, environmentalist and acclaimed Otago legend. “Turner died last month. While he…

Kia ora, This Friday (7 March), you can get your updates on Sam’s Creek mining from Fresh FM. Grant Knowles is going to interview two locals: At 7:30am, Grant will talk to Kevin Moran from Save our SpringsAt 8:15am, Grant will interview Julie Downard of Sam’s…

by Julie Downard, Sam’s Creek Collective Back on 6 October, the government announced the release of ‘the list’ of 149 projects found eligible for consideration by an expert panel for inclusion in Schedule 2 of the Fast-track Bill. This Newsroom article…