Protesters dressed as cows.
About 100 environmental activists from Greenpeace and Oil Free Otago were joined by members of the public as they marched up Stuart St to the office of Dunedin accountant Murray Valentine, who plans to build a 4500ha dairy farm at Simon’s Pass near Twizel.
Plans for a new tourist facility at a foreign-owned high country station near Lake Pukaki have sailed through planning permission.
Yet another report has come in signalling the perilous future that awaits humankind because of what we’ve done to the planet. This one is from the Stockholm Resilience Centre, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Greenpeace is defending claims and statements it made at a public meeting in Twizel about the expansion of dairying in the Mackenzie district.
The native kakī birds, or black stilt, were released onto Mt Gerald Station in the Mackenzie Basin following what the Department of Conservation (DOC) says has been the “best breeding season ever” for the endangered species.
Greenpeace returned to the Mackenzie Basin in its battle against a controversial dairy farm expansion. This time, however, it took more low key approach, hosting a public meeting – attended by about 150 – in Twizel’s Events Centre.
We actually got quite a positive response from many in the Twizel community. They are also concerned about this proposed development and want to know what to do about it.
Mounting pressure in the South Island High Country has led to the establishment of a cross-party group tasked with resolving some of the tensions. The High Country Advisory Group, established by Land Information New Zealand, aims to offer advice and insights to the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Land Information New Zealand (Linz) to enable greater transparency and communication in the management of Crown land in the South Island High Country.
