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
In really surprising news, the Fast-track Panel appointed to hear OGLs application for the expansions at Waihi – and the mine in conservation land at… Read More »20 days… Update: We have Been Asked to Comment
The discovery of gold at Wharekirauponga in the Southern zone of Te Paē o Hauraki the Coromandel Range, between Waihī and Whangamatā, the hidden horror… Read More »Oceana is like a rotting corpse – attracting the flies…
Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki is a small community organisation that has been working for more than 45 years to keep gold mining out of Hauraki.… Read More »What’s wrong with mining at Wharekirauponga – a few thoughts.
Todays (29/5/2025) Government announcement on replacing the RMA and undermining Councils oversight of the environment is a commitment to vandalism. The whole announcement is a disaster,… Read More »Government Beyond Stupid
The amendments to the Wildlife Act out through under urgency this week, and Shane Jones’ comments that Oceana Gold mining issue is just about… Read More »Opposition to Gold Mining More Than At Risk Frogs
It has been a busy start to the year for us, between Shane Jones coming to Waihī to make a ‘big announcement’ (it wasn’t really,… Read More »Action Time! It’s back to the 80’s as the miners move in!