News and comment on the Government backdown and our stunning victory here
Our Press Release 20 July Watchdog Wary over Govt Mining Capitulation
Press Release 21 July — Half Coromandel Saved — Time to Save the Other Half
Radio NZ Morning Report 20 July Watchdog Reaction
Radio NZ Checkpoint 20 July Watchdog still wary
Radio NZ Morning Report 21 July Watchdog Celebrates
Gordon Campbell A smashing victory for the Public
NZ Herald 21 July Political Risk too Great
Editorial Dom Post 21 July From Step Change to Giant U-Turn
Government Press Release
Forest and Bird
Business Wire Total backdown on Schedule 4 mining
NZ Herald Editorial 21 July — Govt Mining Stance Fatally Flawed
WWF thanks green groups
John Armstrong NZ Herald Better to Bury Failure than Risk Defeat
Energy and Environment – Anatomy of a Political Defeat
Cartoon Emmerson
Newmont Reaction …. feel the anger and frustration !
Greens
NZ Herald 22 July — Joint sign-off on DoC land worries green groups
Waikato Times Mining ‘war’ is not over 20 July
Schedule 4: So what do the Nats stand for now? Tim Watkin 21 July
Celsias Mixed Mining Messages 21 July
TV3 Spoof on John Key’s Mandate to Mine other conservation land
TV3 21 July — Mining-conservation-land-still-on-the-Govts-agenda
Newmont Gold still angry and frustrated 23 July 2010
TV 1 22 July – Govt Still Ignoring Public on Mining
More news here
Coromandel MP Goudie says mining no problem 17/02/2010
TV ONE News Outrage over plans to mine conservation land. 10/02/2010
Mining Conservation Land No Economic Solution ECO media statement. 10/02/2010
Stuff.co.nz Outrage as Key signals national park mining 10/02/2010
Waikato Times Anti-mining talk of war 10/02/2010
Greenpeace Warns of Mining Backlash 10/02/2010
Mining giant gains permit; 14/10/2009; By NAOMI ARNOLD – The Nelson Mail
Mining foes set for battle; 09/10/2009; By JEFF NEEMS – Waikato Times
Schedule 4 Coromandel Conservation land
Green light to clean up toxic mine; 07/10/2009; By STEVE EDWARDS – Piako Post
Gary Taylor: Reopening door to miners ignores history; 14/09/2009; By Gary Taylor – NZ Herald
‘Mining scars can be avoided’; 01/09/2009; By COLIN ESPINER – Political editor – The Press
PM talks of ‘surgical mining’; 01/09/2009
Mining the Crown jewels; 31/08/2009; by Claire Browning – Pundit
Coromandel iwi eye mining rights; Aug 31, 2009; By Yvonne Tahana – NZ Herald
Outrage at Govt mining proposal; 29/08/2009; By MARK HOTTON – The Southland Times
Stop anti-mining ‘hysteria’ – Groser; 29/08/2009
Brash favours mining push; 28/08/2009; By ADRIAN CHANG – The Independent
Govt buys mining fight; 28/08/2009; By JEFF NEEMS – Waikato Times
Government digs up mining opportunities; 27/08/2009
Opening Address to Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 2009 ; 26/08/2009; Gerry Brownlee
Dominion Post editorial shortly after the Gerry Brownlee speech to the AusIMM (Australian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy) New Zealand Branch Conference in Queenstownon August 26, 2009.
Community says Coromandel worth more than gold; 24/08/2009
See what the Government were planning in early 2009. Joint MED/DOC Paper on Access to Conservation Land under the Crown Minerals Act 1991; July 22, 2009;
