Comments on: Undermining NZ’s clean, green image

By: anne

anne — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:41:08 +0000

Plans about applications to explore absolutely huge areas off the west coast of the North Island have recently come to light.
The worry is that it might affect recently formed marine protected areas for Mauis dolphin.

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:12:10 +0000

Look at today’s news off the Green Room …
Looks like they’re also going to carve up Fiordland National Park, a place that attracts over half a million visitors a year….Outrageous

http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/2930185/Oil-drives-plans-to-mine-Fiordland

By: Paul De Rungs

Paul De Rungs — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:20:12 +0000

Brownlee is one of the most incompetent ministers this country has ever had to suffer. His ignorance of most things is evident evry time he opens his mouth. His latest blunder will cause years of gross environmental damage to our cherished native bush areas, some of which are unique to Aotearoa. Please don’t have a short memory when Brownlee offers himself for re-election.

By: pounamu

pounamu — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:26:10 +0000

I went to the Green’s website and printed off a petition. I will not lie down until they come out and say “we made a huge mistake” And until they make greater protection against mining on public conservation land!

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:34:32 +0000

Great idea Sarah and Zoe - hope you get a better response than that class who wrote to Michael Laws!

By: scott and daniel

scott and daniel — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:18:13 +0000

Dumb idea! silly sill boy

By: Sarah and Zoe

Sarah and Zoe — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:23:51 +0000

We think that this is a stupid idea that will harm the environment. We will lose alot of our marine life and New Zealand’s clean green and natural image. Our whole class is writing to the government to persaude them to NOT go ahead with the mining and we encourage others to do the same!!!! Once they start they WONT stop!!!

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:13:04 +0000

Um, is that getting a bit off topic Karen?
Colin with your expertise maybe you could respond to John’s comments that mining has relatively low environemntal impact - it would be useful to have more information about what the impacts of mining would be.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:41:20 +0000

Hi Travis. I’m glad you’ve raised this because you might be able to help me understand something that has been puzzeling me. I’ve long been curious about the common claims that DoC is destroying the environment, killing birds etc through its application of 1080. Please can you help me understand why you think DoC would knowingly do such a thing - and why would Forest and Bird support it? I simply can’t think of any reason they would have to want to kill native wildlife and damage the environment. What would their motive be?

By: Travis

Travis — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:11:10 +0000

What a joke, finally F&B are on the correct page, they even managed to find the right book. All well and good now to try and save New Zealands “clean, green” image. What about all the damage they have already done to it by their support for the obliteration of our native species by the continued use of aerial 1080 poison???? F&B and DOC both need a reality check there are much more serious issues at hand. I am totally against the mining of our natural resources in our national parks, but this is a new issue, if its anything like the 1080 issue we will be discussing it 20 years down the track