Mokihinui River Archive

  • Kevin Hague

    Saving the Mokihinui River - by Kevin Hague



    Well it’s Conservation Week and my inbox is full of email from people who saw the WhitewaterNZ film “A Tale of Two Rivers” on TVNZ 6 last night. It’s being repeated three times before the end of the week and is well worth a watch. Essentially it compares the disastrous Meridian Energy plan to build [...] read more
    September 14, 2010 5:42 pm - 7 Comments
  • frog

    Gollum saves a wild river - by frog



    A tiny freshwater fish called Gollum has proved instrumental is saving one of our last remaining wild rivers from the threat of a hydro dam. A special tribunal has agreed to a variation on the Kawarau Water Conservation Order that would prohibit the damming of the Nevis river , a tributary of the Kawarau.  The [...] read more
    August 25, 2010 4:11 pm - 5 Comments
  • frog

    Meridian’s secret Mokihinui report - by frog



    Minister Steve Chadwick said in response to Metiria’s question in Parliament this afternoon that the Department of Conservation will be making a submission in on Meridian Energy’s proposal to build a hydro dam on the Mokihinui River and it will be advocating for the protection of the river. Metiria then asked her about Meridian’s suppressed [...] read more
    April 15, 2008 5:49 pm - 1 Comment
  • frog

    Flying up the Mokihinui River - by frog



    We’ve been talking about the Mokihinui River, which Meridian Energy wants to dam. If you want to see what it looks like, here’s a video that a kayaker called Ben put together: Metiria said last week: This river is quintessentially wild and ecologically special – the type of river that captures the imagination of New [...] read more
    April 14, 2008 3:06 pm - 19 Comments
  • frog

    Damming the Mokihinui River eels - by frog



    One of the things both Russel and Metiria can get really passionately fired up about is eels. I’m telling you, don’t let either of them catch you saying nasty things about eels, let alone damming or irrigating their rivers; off come their calm, reasonable Green Party politician personas.So, you can imagine their current consternation over [...] read more
    April 3, 2008 11:31 am - 10 Comments