The National Government has backed down on mining on schedule 4 land but says that it now has a “mandate” to go prospecting elsewhere. Isn’t all indigenous tree covered land precious in New Zealand?
Tags: conservation, green party, mining, russel norman
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The Green Party co-leader says that despite recent setbacks in the local effort to be more mature about the our place in the world, we should still persist in trying to make New Zealand a better place to live. Actually I may have said that, but the sentiment is still there.
We talk about plastic bags and New World’s backward decision in removing the charge for them in the lower North Island. Also Gerry Brownlee is going prospecting on Department of Conservation land and the National Government has abandoned an effort to get more fuel efficient cars into New Zealand.
