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Pet projects get special treatment in RMA reform
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 9:16 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
New Zealanders may want a clean green environment, but the Government has put greater weight on giving pet infrastructure projects a helping hand in today's announcements on the RMA review. More >>
Auckland Island marine mammal sanctuary may extend
Thursday, 9 September 2004, 12:21 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
An extended marine mammal sanctuary around the Auckland Islands would safeguard threatened New Zealand sea lions without preventing squid fishing. Each year dozens of sea lions die a painful, terror-filled death in 150-200 metre wide trawl nets of the Auckland ... More >>
Anti-1080 misinformation slated
Monday, 6 September 2004, 11:19 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Anti-1080 campaigner Phillip Anderton of Wairoa has admitted he wasn't speaking the truth when he claimed that a kiwi had been killed by 1080. The Wairoa farmer was convicted of wildlife offences in the Wairoa District Court yesterday. More >>
MFish To Slaughter 598 Protected NZ Sea Lions
Thursday, 2 September 2004, 9:27 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
The Ministry of Fisheries (MFish) is proposing to allow the fishing industry to annually kill over 598 of the world’s rarest sea lions, which are unique to New Zealand. This would constitute a near ten-fold increase over the 2003 ‘kill quota’ of 62. More >>
Seafood industry scrapes the bottom
Friday, 27 August 2004, 9:58 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Today's press conference by the seafood industry is a cynical attempt to deflect criticism of its destructive bottom trawling methods by promoting a solution that has been shown to fail in the Indian Ocean and the Tasman Sea. More >>
Rare weka relative discovered on Philippine Island
Thursday, 19 August 2004, 8:42 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Ornithologists on an expedition to the Calayan Island in the Babuyan Islands in the Philippines have discovered a rare near-flightless rail, related to New Zealand’s weka. It is thought that only 2000 of the Calayan rail (Gallirallus calayanensis) ... More >>
First returning albatross welcomed
Tuesday, 17 August 2004, 4:39 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest and Bird today welcomed news of the first northern royal albatross (Diomedea sanfordi) of the new breeding season returning to the Taiaroa Head colony on the Otago peninsula. [1,2] More >>
Great Barrier Marine Reserve proposal welcomed
Monday, 2 August 2004, 1:25 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest and Bird welcomed today's notification of the Aotea (Great Barrier) Marine Reserve proposal by the Department of Conservation as a significant step forward in marine conservation. More >>
Hydro report threat to conservation
Thursday, 29 July 2004, 8:46 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
On the eve of Conservation Week, the Ministry of Economic Development has released a list of proposed hydroelectric schemes it believes are likely within the next 20 years, including the controversial West Coast Dobson scheme already rejected by the ... More >>
Cuts to snapper, oreo and rig quota needed
Thursday, 22 July 2004, 12:56 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Despite clear evidence of over-fishing, the Ministry of Fisheries (MFish) is refusing to review fishing quotas for snapper, oreos and rig (lemon fish). More >>
Overseas ownership of High Country still permitted
Wednesday, 21 July 2004, 4:12 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Proposed changes to the Overseas Investment Act, announced by Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen, will not prevent the sale of New Zealand's high country landscapes to foreign investors, say the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society. More >>
Dr Cullen's speechwriter out to lunch?
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 5:09 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Claims by Treasurer Dr Michael Cullen this morning that resource consents take "an average period of five to six years" to process have been contradicted by statistics on the Ministry for the Environment's website and promoted by RMA Minister David ... More >>
National standards will improve RMA performance
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 3:34 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest and Bird welcomes the release of 14 national standards today as an important step forward in the administration of the Resource Management Act. More >>
'Don't blame the RMA' PM told by 13 major orgs
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 11:05 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
An unprecedented coalition of 13 national organizations representing over 350,000 members have written to Prime Minister Helen Clark urging her to reject anti-environment changes to the Resource Management Act. More >>
Kakapo deaths sad news for all New Zealanders
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 8:41 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
New Zealanders will be sad at the recent deaths of three juvenile kakapo on Te Kakahu (Chalky Island), Forest and Bird said today. More >>
National declares war on 'clean green' NZ
Monday, 12 July 2004, 6:02 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
National is proposing a radical assault on New Zealand's environment and the people who defend it, Forest and Bird is warning. More >>
Forest and Bird appeals Cypress mine decision
Monday, 12 July 2004, 1:20 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest and Bird today announced its intention to appeal the decision by West Coast Regional Council and Buller District Council to give the go-ahead to a destructive and polluting opencast coal mine near Westport. More >>
RMA proposals will worsen climate change
Friday, 9 July 2004, 12:13 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
A coalition of environment, energy, public health and resource management organisations is calling on the Government to abandon proposed changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) that will undermine New Zealand's efforts to address climate change and ... More >>
Top of the south transmission problem a 'beat up'
Wednesday, 7 July 2004, 8:54 am | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Nelson MP Nick Smith's claims that the RMA would delay the development of an electricity transmission upgrade at the top of the South Island are a 'beat up' Forest and Bird's Conservation Manager Kevin Hackwell said today. More >>
Politicians fiddle & clean green image slips away
Monday, 5 July 2004, 7:50 pm | Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Politicians are being challenged to protect New Zealand's clean green image following a NIWA report that reveals that almost all of New Zealand's lowland streams and rivers are unsafe to swim in. More >>
