Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki today presented at the TCDC Public Forum and urged the Councillors to press pause on any local government amalgamation decision as… Read More »TCDC Should Not Agree To Fast Tracked Amalgamation
Today we welcome the Minister of Conservation’s announcement that he will remove clauses allowing sale and disposal from the Conservation Amendment Bill but says the… Read More »Watchdog Welcomes Minister Back Down On DOC Land Sales But Calls For Bill To Be Dumped
You may have heard by now that the Government have dropped the Conservation Amendment Bill (CAB) – and that it is terrible. So – what… Read More »The Terrible Conservation Amendment Bill – what’s it about?!
We have chosen not to appeal the Waihi North mining project decision in the High Court under the Fast Track Approvals Act as the law… Read More »Watchdog rejects Fast Track Appeal Option
Well, I cannot say it has been a fun year, but it has certainly been busy. 2025 started as it meant to go on –… Read More »Goodbye 2025 – It’s Been… a BIG Year!
The decision to approve the Waihi North Mines project announced today is a crime against the environment and our communities. It’s the first private profit… Read More »Decision on Waihi North Mines Project – A Crime Against Environment and Our Communities
The draft decision to approve the Waihi North Mines project was announced last evening and unfortunately it’s a predictably bad decision which legitimises more toxic… Read More »Draft Decision on Waihi North Mines Project – Fast Track to Disaster
We are supportive of the policy to revoke consents granted under the Fast-track Approvals Act which was launched today by the Green Party of Aotearoa. … Read More »Greens Fast-tracked Mining Policy is Common Sense Leadership
The raft of changes announced today to speed up the Fast-track law is an unethical strategy attacking the EPA for allowing affected parties to be… Read More »Fast-track on Steroids: Proposal is an Attack on the Public & Iwi as well as the EPA
Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki has submitted a challenging submission with 16 expert witnesses to the Fast-track Panel on the Waihi North gold mining project. We… Read More »Watchdog Challenges OceanaGold in First Non-Infrastructure Fast-track Application
