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Vandalised Painting Strikes Chord with Public
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 10:25 am | Save Central
There has been a ‘stream’ of requests for signed copies of one of Grahame Sydney’s most famous paintings, ‘Timeless Land’ (1992), which the painter has vandalised in protest at the rash of inappropriate development in the South Island. More >>
Reversing the Irreversible
Monday, 18 August 2008, 10:13 am | Save Central
Save Central acknowledges that Climate Change is a 21st-century issue of singular importance, yet does not agree with assertions to the effect that all Renewable Energy is necessarily ‘greener’, or more economic. More >>
"Spout Hard Data, Not Hot Air"
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 9:17 am | Save Central
Save Central says TrustPower is hiding the inefficacy of its wind farm plans even as the country lurches into a power crisis. More >>
Reliance On Giant Wind “Foolishness”
Friday, 6 June 2008, 12:03 am | Save Central
The failure of the 400 megawatt Otahuhu B gas-fired power station today has highlighted the foolishness of looking to industrial-scale wind farms for backstop solutions, says Save Central spokesperson Grahame Sydney. More >>
Meridian Energy’s plan to destroy Central Otago
Sunday, 1 June 2008, 11:56 am | Save Central
New Zealanders are being hoodwinked into sacrificing their iconic landscapes to self-interested energy corporations, said leading landscape artist Grahame Sydney today. More >>
Turner and Sydney evidence on Project Hayes
Monday, 26 May 2008, 10:11 am | Save Central
Early this week — either Monday 26 May or Tuesday depending on the Court schedule presided over by Judge Jon Jackson — artist Grahame Sydney and poet Brian Turner will give evidence on Meridian Energy’s Project Hayes. If given consent, the 176-turbine ... More >>
Environment Court: David v Goliath Energy
Monday, 19 May 2008, 10:45 am | Save Central
This week Grahame Sydney and Brian Turner, among other expert witnesses, will testify as to the cultural significance of the Lammermoor landscape, traversed by the historic Old Dunstan Road, that Meridian Energy proposes as the site and route for Project ... More >>
Meridian and Historic Places Trust cozy up
Friday, 16 May 2008, 12:21 am | Save Central
In its fact sheet on the proposed hydro dam for North Westland’s Mokihinui River, we are promised that ‘Meridian would work with the Historic Places Trust to ensure the best outcome for the Mokihinui sites.’ What teachers of grammar will recognise ... More >>
Wind Farms: Powering Future or Destroying Past?
Wednesday, 14 May 2008, 2:32 pm | Save Central
The region of Otago is in a state of significant upheaval over the giant turbines of Meridian’s Project Hayes and TrustPower’s Mahinerangi Wind Farm. More >>
