Watchdog activists are today occupying a mining exploration site on conservation land in the Parakiwai Valley near Whangamata on the Coromandel Peninsula. “We are here… Read More »Watchdog Protests Gold Drilling in Conservation Land
Join us this Sunday to celebrate the stunning bush in Parakiwai, Coromandel Forest Park. (Just 9km from the center of Whangamata). Bush walk protest and… Read More »Protect Parakiwai: Too precious to mine!
If you were at Wyuna Bay on May 18, 2013 you would have heard chants of “They say mine, we say ours!” and “Coromandel, Coromandel,… Read More »It’s our food, it’s our life – the Coromandel Harbour is Too Precious To Mine
Video from Iron Lung Panda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=idBGMhm7GYY Video from Isaebella Doherty from Adventure Artists: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b05UPXnFxNw Photos: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Coromandel-Watchdog-of-Hauraki/184887724922998?id=184887724922998&sk=photos_stream
Media Release 18-05-2013 Today 300 people gathered at Wyuna Bay to celebrate the value of the Coromandel Harbour and support a flotilla of boats, kayaks… Read More »Hundreds support flotilla to stop mining in Schedule 4 waters: Coromandel Harbour
WHEN: Saturday 18 May at 11.30am WHERE: Regatta across Coromandel Harbour and land-based event at Wyuna Bay BAD WEATHER PLAN: If the weather is bad… Read More »REGATTA: Coromandel Too Precious To Mine
See our media release here. We marched in 2010 to maintain a robust protection of Schedule 4 because this is the highest valued conservation land… Read More »BROKEN PROMISE: DOC GRANTS ACCESS TO SCHEDULE 4 LAND FOR MINERAL EXPLORATION
Too Precious To Mine! Quiz Night Fundraiser for Coromandel Watchdog with MCs Tolly Gibbons and Catherine Delahunty MP Date: Saturday April 13th Time: 7.00pm (doors… Read More »Quiz Night fundraiser in April!
On Waitangi Day last week Manaia hapu and the group Nga Kaitiaki o te Awaawa o Manaia protested mining in their catchment in a brave,… Read More »Flashmob Haka against mining in Manaia
For a week at the beginning of this month Sylvie and I spent some time on the beaches and markets around the peninsula, what a… Read More »Petition: Coromandel – too precious to mine!