West Coast
Coal or Kiwi: Solid Energy at it again
25 Jul 2008More native forest, snails and kiwi habitat are destined for destruction by Government-owned coal company Solid Energy.
The company is yet again applying to extend its Stockton open-cast coal mine, north of Westport, onto conservation land, the Green Party has revealed.
Councils and communities must find 1080 solutions together
22 Jul 2008Government and West Coast Councils must start working constructively with local communities while a temporary suspension of aerial 1080 poison drops are in place, the Green Party says.
Residents in South-Westland have gone to court with a claim that conditions relating to 1080 drops in the Harihari area have been illegally changed or breached.
Shocking report on West Coast water quality
22 Jul 2008The West Coast mining and dairy industries must be called to account by the West Coast Regional Council and the Government, after the industries were identified today as major offenders in a report saying 100 percent of West Coast water supplies failed to meet drinking standards, the Green Party says.
Beneath the Surface - NZ's freshwater fish
NZ's freshwater fish - victims of climate change and habitat destruction. Hear about our amazing native freshwater fish and see the film 'Longfin'.
