Just a reminder to register for the Mackenzie Country Symposium At the Twizel Events Centre 26-27 November, 2010. The Mackenzie Guardians recently met with officials of Land Information NZ (LINZ) in Christchurch as we are concerned at the growth of intensive farming in the Mackenzie Basin and the im[...]
October 2nd, 2010 - 8:45 pm § in Uncategorized
cubicle dairy farmers secretly lodge fresh planning consents
MARK THIS SYMPOSIUM IN YOUR DIARY MACKENZIE LOVERS Mackenzie Basin Symposium Friday 26 – Saturday 27 November 2010 Twizel Events Centre The Environment Defence Society, in conjunction with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)[...]
August 27th, 2010 - 12:11 am § in Uncategorized
dear John letter from the people of Christchurch
Prime Minister John Key has sent out a leaflet to 120,000 Canterbury households seeking to justify firing the democratically elected councillors who ran the Environment Canterbury Regional Council (ECan). Who can say what this tick the boxes survey of this taxpayer-funded propaganda blaming Environm[...]
July 29th, 2010 - 7:16 pm § in Uncategorized
good news for Mackenzie Country
29 July 2010 Lets say NO to more of the kind of intensive development found in this photograph. Media Release:Environmental Defence Society: wins cubicle farming case in the Mackenzie Country The Environmental Defence Society has won a High Court case challenging cubicle dairy farming in the Mackenz[...]
July 23rd, 2010 - 12:22 am § in Uncategorized
National’s ‘unconstitutional and undemocratic environment law’ debated
E-Can Act and the Future of NZ environmental law” forum A well mannered crowd filled The Great Hall, Christchurch Arts Centre to capacity for a public panel discussion hosted by Lincoln University’s Faculty of Environment, Society and Design entitled The E-Can Act and the future of New Zeala[...]
June 13th, 2010 - 10:56 pm § in Uncategorized
bishop blesses river stones in water protest
Stones from the South Island’s great rivers were used to build a cairn in the front of the Christchurch Cathedral before the statue of John Robert Godley, founding City Father as part of the continuing water protest on Sunday 13 June 2010. The Anglican Bishop Victoria Matthew blessed the cairn[...]