Hands off Ecan – a response to the Environment Canterbury review report This is a democratically elected body and Government interference sets an anti democratic precedent. The Mayoral Forum had no mandate to seek this review. Ecan is functioning in an environment where protecting the environment [...]
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February 26th, 2010 - 5:24 pm § in Uncategorized
Environmental Defence Society’s court challenge
It is great to see the Environmental Society taking the Waitaki Council to account and here is their media release.Legal challenges such as this are expensive. If you`d like to help financially please send any donations to EDS at the below address or to Mackenzie Guardians, C/- Secretary, 468 Oxford[...]
January 25th, 2010 - 8:40 pm § in Uncategorized
Ngai Tahu predicts dairy catastrophe
Follow our Environment Canterbury Link to read the full evidence of Ngai Tahu. Ngai Tahu is alarmed about the scale and intensity of the larger proposals such as the Southdown, Five Rivers, Killermont, Simons Hill, Simons Pass and the two Rosehip applications. Ngai Tahu considers that the science pr[...]
January 7th, 2010 - 10:15 pm § in Uncategorized
Call for Government to protect Mackenzie Country
The Greens have just launched an e-card asking the Minister to call in the applications -Send an e-card to Nick Smith, Minister for the Environment: tell him to stop factory farming in the MacKenzie Country . Scoll down to our links and hit Greens E card and then pass on to your friends. What is [..[...]
December 10th, 2009 - 12:00 am § in Uncategorized
1000′s of protest submissions/watch our video
Mackenzie Guardians believe the real issue is that the Resource Management Act is not protecting our environment . Submissions have now closed and Ecan says over 4000 submissions were received against the discharge water applications. Lets keep fighting to save the Mackenzie country and keep the p[...]
December 8th, 2009 - 7:17 pm § in Uncategorized
opposition to NZ’s first “Battery Cow Farm”
Opponents to the Upper Waitaki Resource Consents hearing will be giving evidence on Wednesday 9 December 2009 at the Christchurch Town Hall, starting at 9.30 am. The Mackenzie Guardians is a group formed recently to oppose 110 applications to take, use and discharge up to 90 million cubic metres of [...]
November 30th, 2009 - 5:31 pm § in Uncategorized
show your support Town Hall wed, dec 9
dear Mackenzie Guardians, members and supporters, We do thank you for your support of Mackenzie Guardians Incorporated. Membership is growing every day as the word gets around about the threats to our beloved national treasure. We also thank those who have made donations to the Society. We wel[...]
November 21st, 2009 - 12:57 pm § in Uncategorized
Plea to preserve “paradise”
Extract from Plea to preserve ‘paradise’ By MATTHEW LITTLEWOOD – The Timaru Herald A Twizel family fears an irrigation proposal will spoil their “untouched paradise”. The Blue family have opposed neighbouring Southdown Holdings Ltd to take water from the upper Waitaki c[...]
November 10th, 2009 - 9:10 pm § in Uncategorized
cycles not cows
We believe it would be better to have a cycle way in the Mackenzie Country rather than more cows. We urge you to speak out and help prevent an environmental disaster in one of the most environmentally fragile and spectacular places in New Zealand. We believe the Mackenzie basin is more valuable to t[...]