MALLARD: PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH RMA
Speech: New Zealand Government - Scoop
9 October 2008
Environment Minister Trevor Mallard's speech to the Environment Compliance Conference (Society of Local Government Managers), Brentwood Hotel, Wellington. More>
COUNCIL CALLS HALT TO BELMONT WINDFARM
Kerry Williamson - The Dominion Post
30 September 2008
The plug is set to be pulled on a multimillion-dollar Wellington wind farm proposal because of visual pollution concerns, despite a winter of power cut fears. More>
WAITAKERE WANTS TO DELAY POWER STATION WORK
Wayne Thompson - New Zealand Herald
30 September 2008
Waitakere City Council wants to delay a power station proposed for neighbouring Rodney until it's clear how citizens will be affected by beefed-up gas fuel pipelines and overhead electricity lines More>
DOC RELATES THREATS
Giles Brown - The Press
The proposed Mokihinui Dam on the West Coast will destroy indigenous woodland and threaten endangered species, the Department of Conservation (DOC) warns. More>
WIND FARM OPPONENTS FACE MILLIONS IN COSTS FOR COURT ACTIONS
Paul Gorman - The Press
18 September 2008
Wind farm opponents could face court costs running into millions of dollars for a failed attempt to overturn resource consents granted for two high profile Otago power schemes. More>
GROUP OBJECTS TO CONTACT'S WIND SCHEME
James Weir - The Dominion Post
12 September 2008
A small group of locals opposing Contact Energy's planned wind farm near Dannevirke says the project will be the tip of the iceberg, with many more windfarms to come. More>
CROWN MAKES SUBMISSION ON RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT
Trevor Mallard - Government Press Release
2 September 2008
The crown has made a submission on Meridian Energy's wind farm proposal in the Central North Island, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said today. More>
RIVER ROW TO MEDIATION
Bernard Carpinter - The Dominion Post
28 August 2008
Hawke's Bay Regional Council is hoping it can negotiate its way out of what one councillor calls a "cock up" over water allocations for the Tukituki River. More>
WIND FARM PROPOSAL NEAR RAGLAN TO BE CALLED IN
Trevor Mallard - Government Press Release
26 August 2008
Environment Minister Trevor Mallard today announced he intends to call in a renewable energy development proposal for a 180-turbine wind farm near Raglan so it is considered by an independent Board of Inquiry. More>
POWER AND SEDIMENT - THE RIVER BATTLES
John Henzell - Weekend Press
23 August 2008
Clean and green hydro power is supposed to help save New Zealand's coastal communities from succumbing to rising sea levels right? More>
THE BATTLES
Weekend Press
23 August 2008
When it comes to water fights, this is the biggest of all. And it's still raging. More>
GROUPS VOW TO HALT DAM
John Henzell - Weekend Press
23 August 2008
Environmental groups are vowing the biggest campaign since the Clyde Dam to stop a hydro-electric scheme going ahead on a West Coast river. More>
PYLON PLANS BACK IN COURT
Waikato Times
15 August 2008
A judicial review of Transpower's planned 400kV pylon line through the Waikato begins in the High Court at Wellington next week. More>
HUGE WIND FARM BLOWN OFF COURSE
James Weir - The Dominion Post Weekend
9 August 2008
State-owner Meridian Energy's $2 billion Project Hayes wind farm in the South Island has been blown back six months by the Environment Court. More>
HEARING ON USE OF WATER RESUMES
Paul Gorman - The Press
7 August 2008
Meridian Energy is closer to finding out whether it will be able to use water from the lower Waitaki River to generate more electricity. More>
SCHEME'S ENEMIES VOW FIGHT
Alex Van Well - The Press
6 August 2008
Opponents of TrustPower's $280 million hydro electricity scheme in Marlborough say they will not give up their fight, despite resource consents being granted. More>
NATIONAL PLANS FAST-TRACK SYSTEM
Paul Gorman - The Press
5 August 2008
A National-led Cabinet would decide which crucial projects to fast-track under its plans to shake up the Resource Management Act (RMA), party environment spokesman Nick Smith says. More>
CPW AROUSES PASSIONS FOR AND AGAINST
Robyn Bristow - Weekend Press
2 August 2008
It has been a little over five months since hearings began into the massive irrigation scheme proposed for the central plains of Canterbury. More>
ROAD WOES FEARED IN WORK
Bruce Holloway - Waikato Times
31 July 2008
Waikato District Council is worried Transpower's plans to build a 400kV transmission line from Whakamaru to Otahuhu will leave the district's roads pot-holed. More>
SCHEME MAKES LAND UNSALEABLE - OWNER
Robyn Bristow Rangiora - The Press
29 July 2008
A woman cannot sell her land because a canal has been designated across half of her 2ha block for a proposed Central Plains Water (CPW) scheme. More>
HOLCIM CONFIDENT OAMARU PLANT OPERATIONAL BY 2012
Alan Wood - The Press
18 July 2008
Holcim New Zealand is confident it has the corporate and community support for a proposed $300-$400 million Oamaru cement plant to complete the project by 2112, despite a near doubling of the original cost. More>
BYPASS CONSENTS GIVEN
Waikato Times
16 July 2008
Environment Waikato has granted the resource consents needed for Transit New Zealand's proposed SH1 Te Rapa bypass. More>
MOUNT CASS BEST SITE
Todd Mead - The Press
15 July 2008
A wind farm on Mount Cass presents clear benefits. It will produce more than enough power for every home in the Hurunui and Waimakariri districts; it will add up to $38 million to the local economy during construction alone. More>
AGAINST THE WIND
Nick Venter - The Dominion Post Weekend
12 July 2008
Meridian Energy, New Zealand's largest electricity generator, says this is not an outstanding natural landscape. One of the country's leading artists Grahame Sydney says it is. More>
GROUP TO FIGHT FARM
Robyn Bristow Rangiora - The Press
11 July 2008
A lobby group formed to fight a proposed North Canterbury wind farm wants MainPower to move to another site. More>
PRISON WATER SUPPLY WORRIES
Paul Gorman - The Press
9 July 2008
Prisoners in three Canterbury jails could flood other New Zealand prisons if their drinking water is affected be the Central Plains Water (CPW) irrigation scheme. More>
PROPOSAL TO WIDEN MOTORWAY ACROSS BAY SUBJECT TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
30 June 2008
Auckland City is taking the unusual step of putting motorway construction plans in Transit NZ's $2630 million duplication of its Manukau Harbour crossing to a public hearing. More>
MALESTORM SWIRLS AROUND WINDFARM
Robyn Bristow - Weekend Press
28 June 2008
MainPower's proposed North Canterbury wind farm is whipping up a storm of protest just days after notification of land use consents for the farm, which will stretch 6.5km along the Mount Cass ridge, east of Waipara. More>
HOTEL PLAN SOARS WAY ABOVE BRITOMART
Bernard Orsman - Weekend Herald
28 June 2008
Auckland is being offered a luxury hotel on its waterfront towering four times over the allowable height limit at the historic Britomart precinct. More>
WIND FARM CHALLENGES
Bruce Holloway - Waikato Times
25 June 2008
Wel Networks' proposal to build a $200-million wind farm at Te Uku is heading for the Environment Court, with three appeals lodged against resource consent for the project. More>
SCHEME COULD IMPACT HIGHBANK POWER GENERATION, HEARING TOLD
Paul Gorman - The Press
25 June 2008
The electricity supply of more than 12,000 average Canterbury households could be affected by the Central Plans Water (CPW) project, the hearing into the irrigation scheme has heard. More>
IRRIGATION DAMN 'INAPPROPRIATE'
Giles Brown - The Press
11 June 2008
Central Plains Water's (CPW) proposed damn across Waianiwaniwa Valley would be like a line of tower blocks extending 2km across the Canterbury countryside, a hearing has been told. More>
GAS POWER-STATION STILL AT ARMS LENGTH
Wayne Thompson - NZ Herald
18 September 2007
Auckland's Regional Council says it won't process resource consents for a power station in northwest Rodney while questions over the environmental impact of the station remain. More>
PLANS FOR GIANT TURBINES SHOCK LOCALS
Colin Patterson - Dominion Post
03 September 2007
A wind farm planned for hills between Porirua and Hutt Valley, has whipped up angry resistance with locals claiming that the 130 metre tall turbines will be an eyesore and devalue their properties. More>
WAITAKI STIRS EMOTION
John Keast - Weekend Press
01 September 2007
The North Bank hearing continues until October 5. When it ends, a related hearing for the Hunter Downs irrigation scheme, also to use Waitaki water, will begin. More>
