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 picnic Sunday July 7th, 2013 – 10 am Meet at road end of Parakiwai Quarry Road, Whangamata. Bring your friends, a picnic, instruments & banners Picnic in town 11am –…
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, no more mining stop the vandals!”. You would have smelt a distant whiff of a bbq starting to cook some free sausages and a tasted the salty sea air. You would have…
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 and surfers sailing across the harbour, which is included in Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act, to defend it from mining. “The Harbour is too precious to mine and…
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 enough that we can’t have boats in the water we will gather at the Anglican Church Hall, 170 Tiki Road, Coromandel. If it is wet but still okay for boats…
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 in Aotearoa/New Zealand. We marched to keep areas proposed for removal in the Schedule so that their biodiversity, conservation and recreation values would not be diminished by the destructive and…
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 open 6.30pm) Tararu Cultural Centre, 604 Tararu Road, Thames $10 per person $5 students Spot Prizes! Raffles! Music! Art! Pledge Session – every dollar raised with be matched! Hosted…
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, powerful and inspiring way. Over 50 young people took over the busy intersection in Coromandel Town to send a message of protest and strength – Manaia is too precious to…
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 treat! On the first day we collected signatures for Watchdog’s petition at Oamaru Bay, then headed to the Keltic Fair. Stunning weather and that classic Coromandel experience: blue sky, refreshing…
Despite reports that Newmont have cut back on exploration plans on the peninsula north of Waihi, this multinational corporation is still grasping at straws to keep a foot in the door. They hope to hold on to their current permits in areas all over the peninsula including near Whitianga, the Kauaeranga Valley and coastal paradises…
Labour refusing to vote for Green MP…
Conservation Minister, Willow Jean Prime, (now elevated…
