Overseas investors who bought three large chunks of land in Twizel have been ordered to sell because they didn’t get permission from the Overseas Investment Office to buy it.
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Hedgehogs being monitored in Mackenzie Basin – Mathew Littlewood, Timaru Herald
Otago University PhD student Nick Foster began tracking and monitoring hedgehog behaviour in the basin, particularly in the alpine zones, in late January.
At home in our vanishing wetlands – Farah Hancock, Newsroom
Being the rarest wading bird in the world isn’t really something to be proud of. When you are down to your last 23 birds it’s pretty clear that a serious intervention is needed. Kakī (black stilts) have been intensively managed since 1981 when their population declined to that “practically extinct” level. A captive breeding centre was set up near Twizel in the Mackenzie Basin to protect remaining birds from predators and boost breeding success.
Parker urges greater Mackenzie protection – David Williams & Sam Sachdeva, Newsroom
Tussock country on Simons Pass Station, in the Mackenzie Basin. Photo: LINZ
Eugenie Sage isn’t the only Minister pushing for change in the fragile South Island basin. David Parker has been quietly pushing for greater environmental protection in the Mackenzie Basin.
Another consent for Simons Pass – Neal Wallace, Farmers Weekly
Simons Pass Station might now have consent to irrigate part of the Mackenzie Basin farm but owner Murray Valentine says he still faces a lengthy process to have multiple other consents signed off.
National Party`s Todd Muller says dairying in the Mackenzie should be a `no-go` – Mathew Littlewood, Timaru Herald
National Party’s spokesperson for agriculture Todd Muller has told a public meeting that he doesn’t think there should be conversions to dairying in the Mackenzie Basin.
Controversial Mackenzie farm gets pivotal consent – David Williams, Newsroom
Pivot irrigators can be turned on at the country’s highest-profile dairy conversion. In the end it came down to grass, council inaction, and an extraordinary notion of fairness. A consent has been granted by an independent commissioner allowing water to flow through six pivot irrigators at Mackenzie Basin’s Simons Pass Station, south of Lake Pūkaki.
Weight of the past poisoning lakes of the present – Dr Jonathon West, Newsroom
We have been on a collision course with freshwater in this country for over a century, writes Victoria University of Wellington’s Dr Jonathan West. We are going to have to make some difficult and uncomfortable choices.
As democracy returns, a river of unease still flows – David Williams, Newsroom
The cairn was erected on a bitterly cold June day in 2010, a few months after the John Key-led Government sacked Environment Canterbury councillors, replacing them with appointed commissioners. Ostensibly the regional councillors were dismissed for mismanagement, but it was widely seen as a water grab – a chance for the Government to take control and promote irrigation schemes.
‘Nature is angry – and nature strikes back’ – Interview with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is hopeful rather than desperate over global climate change because “governments always follow public opinion … sooner or later.”