Greens Warn Against Weakening Conservation Protections
Communities across the Coromandel spent generations protecting public conservation land. Now the Government wants to make selling it off easier.

Communities across the Coromandel spent generations protecting public conservation land. Now the Government wants to make selling it off easier.

The Government is opening the gate to development in the South Island High Country — and critics warn once it’s gone, it’s gone.

More than 4,000 native species are at risk, yet WWF-New Zealand says the Government’s biodiversity plan is all spin and no funding.

The Government calls it flexibility. EDS says it could mean industrial-scale development and even disposal of public High Country land.

Forest & Bird warns new fishing laws could damage marine ecosystems and prioritise profit over sustainability.