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.
Conservation
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Luxon’s Conservation Bill Opens Public Land Sell-Off
The Government calls it modernisation. The Greens call it a bulldozer through public conservation land, and once it is gone, it is gone.
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EDS Calls For Fisheries Amendment Bill To Be Scrapped
Environmental groups warn the Government’s Fisheries Amendment Bill puts industry interests ahead of sustainability while oceans heat and fish stocks come under growing pressure.
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After wanting to mine conservation land, will Matua Shane Jones get pelted with cold Butter Chicken everywhere he speaks this election?
Shane Jones wants to mine conservation land. Voters might just respond by throwing butter chicken at him on the campaign trail.
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Mining on UNESCO site? Compare Shane Jones before mining bought him with the Matua of Butter Chicken now
He didn’t just flip, he spun. From defending heritage land to mining it. If this doesn’t alarm you, it should.
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Biodiversity Plan Slammed As Greenwashing By WWF NZ
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.
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South Island High Country At Risk Under New Bill
The Government calls it flexibility. EDS says it could mean industrial-scale development and even disposal of public High Country land.
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EDS And Forest & Bird Join Forces To Challenge Stewardship Land Decisions
Some of the most precious conservation land in the country is now at the centre of a High Court battle after EDS and Forest & Bird accused the Minister of waving through weak stewardship land decisions without proper reasons.
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Fisheries Amendment Erases What Is Good About The Act – Forest & Bird
Forest & Bird warns new fishing laws could damage marine ecosystems and prioritise profit over sustainability.
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Kiwi-killing Bill 2.0: Government’s RMA reforms strip wildlife protections
The Government’s replacement of the Resource Management Act has sparked fresh outrage after Greenpeace identified a clause that would allow…
