Forest & Bird says the Conservation Minister has been misled by her own department, after a manager doctored scientific advice she requested on the Mackenzie Basin.
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Simons Pass – What’s the story – Environment Canterbury website
Simons Pass Station is a high-country farm at the southern end of Lake Pukaki. It is made up of both freehold land and the Simons Pass Crown pastoral lease.
New Zealand needs to get rid of up to a fifth of livestock methane emissions to stop more global warming – Stuff, Henry Cooke & Gerard Hutching
Protesters demand stop to dairy farm development – Otago Daily Times, Tim Miller
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.
Green light for Mackenzie station tourism plans – Newsroom, David Williams
Plans for a new tourist facility at a foreign-owned high country station near Lake Pukaki have sailed through planning permission.
Protesters dressed as cows storm Dunedin office over Mackenzie industrial dairying – Timaru Herald, Hamish McNeilly
It’s not too late to avert an impending crisis – Newsroom, Pat Baskett
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 dispute Mackenzie dairying expansion inaccuracy claims – Timaru Herald
Greenpeace is defending claims and statements it made at a public meeting in Twizel about the expansion of dairying in the Mackenzie district.
More of world’s rarest wading birds released in Mackenzie Basin – Timaru Herald, Mark Quinlivan
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.
Protests over dairy expansion in Mackenzie Basin heats up – Taranaki Daily News, Mark Quinlivan
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.