The Coromandel Watchdog group have withdrawn from the drilling rig in the Parakiwai Valley this evening having achieved their goal of stopping the drilling activity for more than 30 hours. “We have achieved our purpose which was to highlight that this area should never be mined. We camped for two days on the drilling rig in…
7/7/13 COROMANDEL WATCHDOG ACTIVISTS CAMPING ON NEWMONT GOLD DRILL RIG Watchdog activists have peacefully shut down a Newmont gold drilling rig in the Parakiwai Valley since 8am on Saturday July 6. “Activists have continued to camp overnight on the gold drilling rig, ensuring operations are unable to continue in this sensitive conservation area,” said Coromandel Watchdog Coordinator…
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 to peacefully protest the current mining activities because protection of Conservation land is essential for the preservation of biodiversity,” said Coromandel Watchdog spokesperson Renee Annan. “Glass Earth is working with…
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…
Protest march against fast-track Bill announced for…
