Scary to think of all that land being available for mining companies to buy - especially since they are already targeting it! #2precious2lose #2precious2mine

While I get it - greed is the driver - it really is so hard to understand why anyone thinks it's good to sell off, to develop, Conservation Land! If you love these places, the flora and fauna that call them home, have your say on the Conservation Amendment Bill! Closes July 2 #2precious2lose

Eeek... theres some bad stuff afoot!

Fast track Wrong track : Fast decision Wrong decision. For those who want a read, link to decision doc that grants mining in conservation land, new toxic dams and even another pit at Waihī .. doc link at the top of the page… all 346 pages of it.. www.fasttrack.govt.nz/.../waihi-no...

Undermining Our Democracy open.substack.com/pub/bryanbru...

Undermining Our Democracy

How our Government is Fast-Tracking a Canadian Mining Company's plans to dig a motorway sized tunnel under a native forest. (Duration 6 mins) 10/6/2025

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There are so many miners targeting Te Tara o te Ika a Maui in 2025! Bliimin Shane Jones been pimping it out hard! Check out who is here...

This Fast-track process is hard to follow... the Panel Convenor has decided that the application is too big to consider in the short timeframes allowed, so has added 82 days to enable consideration ofall the info so a total of 112 working days ...

This is a great snapshot from Bryan on what we are facing under the Fasttrack right now... Undermining Our Democracy open.substack.com/pub/bryanbru...

Undermining Our Democracy

How our Government is Fast-Tracking a Canadian Mining Company's plans to dig a motorway sized tunnel under a native forest. (Duration 6 mins) 10/6/2025

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Have you signed yet? our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/st... #Aotearoa #Environmnet #2Preciouc2lose

Stop Legalised Killing of Protected Wildlife

Under urgency and with no public consultation, the Government has changed the Wildlife Act 1953, directly threatening at-risk indigenous species. This action undermines a High Court ruling protecting ...

our.actionstation.org.nz

Here's a few of our thoughts on todays RMA announcements: www.watchdog.org.nz/government-b...

“When we criticise the system, we’re not attacking individuals, we’re challenging the rules that let 3% hoard the wealth while everyone else gets squeezed. Often people overidentify with the system, they think an attack on the govt is an attack on them. It’s not. It’s a defence of the 97%”-RW #NZpol

Te Pāti Māori@tepaatimaori.bsky.social · last yr.

Kia ora koutou, If you like your politics polite and pointless, this ain’t for you. Debbie and Rawiri hit BHN LIVE at 9pm. No filter, no fluff, just straight kōrero. Tonight at 9pm, details @patbrittenden.bsky.social post. Ngā mihi 🫶🏾 @whaeadeb.bsky.social @rawiriwaititimp.bsky.social #NZPol

#WarOnNature #NotOurFuture

This is a dark time for Aotearoa, and for our environment; we have a Government that has happily put money before anything - before the environment, before community.

So, everyone has been super happy to use the Archey's frog to highlight the horrible rhetoric of this Government. Now y'all need to help us stand up for it - Oceans application is live in the Fasttrack - and us and the frog need all the help we can get!!! #2precious2mine #FriendsofFreddy

And here it comes.... OGLs Fast-track application to mine nationally significant conservation land and build more toxic tailings dams is public... tell us your thoughts! WARNING: it's a whopper! www.fasttrack.govt.nz/projects/wai...

We must not allow development to be promoted over our unique and all too threatened species! Add you name to our petition now! our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/st... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Many native New Zealand species face threat of extinction, report finds

A three-yearly environmental update issues stark warning over biodiversity – and reports air pollution has improved in some areas

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As our native species continue to struggle, the Government has just weakened the Wildlife Act in favour of development! Please sign our petition calling for urgent action on this - we need to strengthen our protections, not weaken them! our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/st...

Stop Legalised Killing of Protected Wildlife

Under urgency and with no public consultation, the Government has changed the Wildlife Act 1953, directly threatening at-risk indigenous species. This action undermines a High Court ruling protecting ...

our.actionstation.org.nz

This Government has weakened the Wildlife Act and basically told the courts to take a hike, throwing our native species straight into the path of destruction. It's a terrifying blow for the future of our unique wildlife - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/st...

Stop Legalised Killing of Protected Wildlife

Under urgency and with no public consultation, the Government has changed the Wildlife Act 1953, directly threatening at-risk indigenous species. This action undermines a High Court ruling protecting ...

our.actionstation.org.nz

“The donations from the mining industry do not have any impact whatsoever on the changes to the Wildlife Act....” Shane Jones Just curious, who was alleging that?? NZ First took $14k from Clayton Cosgrove who works for Oceana Gold..

You’ll soon be able to read the full story of how this toxic legacy came to be in our forthcoming book, The Price of Gold! www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-pr...

VipalMonga@vipalmonga.bsky.social · last yr.

There's a toxic pile of arsenic trioxide under Yellowknife. Miners left the byproduct of 50 years of gold mining underground and hoped it would stay frozen. But the permafrost is melting and this arsenic is threatening to get into Great Slave Lake and the Arctic Ocean. www.wsj.com/world/canada...

We are at Stage 3.... should be seeing the application - all 11,000 odd pages of it, uploaded tomorrow or Thurs!

Stink NEWS: Oceana Golds application to mine in DOC land, to build new toxic waste dumps, to dig another pit etc has now been accepted into the Fast-track process...

Oceana Gold submitted their substantive application last month - it was returned as 'incomplete' and as yet they have not reapplied. When they do, it could all move very fast - and all without any public input at all. Here is a brief overview of the process it will follow:

Today we celebrate the beautiful corner of the earth that we are lucky enough to live in, and we acknowledge our responsibility to do all we can to ensure it doesn't get destroyed by gold mining! Happy Earth Day Te Tara o te Ika a Māui!

A proud moment for 90% of kiwis - who submitted against this racist crap. The report is in early (probs cause it was so so soooo obvs where it was going), showing what a waste of time/$ it was. Someone should have told them that in the first place.. oh. Wait on... thespinoff.co.nz/atea/04-04-2...

Select committee recommends scrapping Treaty principles bill amid huge opposition

Delivering the report 40 days ahead of schedule, the justice committee has recommended, by majority, that the bill not proceed.

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So, this is the mining permit situation here on Te Tara o te Ika a Māui the Coromandel and Hauraki right now... 9 Active Exploration permits, 3 exploration applications, 1NAA (contestable area), 3 Mining Permits (including Martha at Waihi)... nearly 60,000hectares under active Exploration!

Eww... these mining companies are crawling all over Aotearoa - We have a lot here, all hunting gold, but looking at the maps of the Country at the New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals site they really are coming in thick and fast - particularly those Canadian ones!