Mokihinui Archive

  • Metiria Turei

    The writing’s on the dam wall



    With consents granted to the Arnold hydro scheme (45MW), and now a new proposal for a dam on coal-mining land on the Stockton plateau (25MW), the primary rationale for Meridian’s Mokihinui Hydro Proposal (MHP) has been removed. Meridian’s proposed MHP cites these benefits: The Mokihinui Hydro Proposal would: produce between 310 and 360 gigawatt [...] read more
    December 1, 2008 3:22 pm - 58 Comments
  • frog

    It’s a WRAP



    The Greens have been working with environmental groups on a campaign to save the wild and special Mokihinui River from an inappropriate monster hydro dam. The plight of my eely cousins has compelled frog to also step back and think about our insatiable thirst for energy and its increasing pressure on the environment: not just [...] read more
    September 3, 2008 5:33 pm - 10 Comments
  • frog

    If only other threatened species got this coverage



    The Dom Post this morning: The beer fridge is under threat from energy experts extolling ways people can conserve dwindling power reserves to avoid blackouts. The poor old beer fridge. I’m all in favour of power saving, power crisis or not.  It’s one of those many sensible pragmatic solutions to climate change that doesn’t hurt anyone. Luckily [...] read more
    June 10, 2008 11:12 am - 4 Comments
  • frog

    The Latest from the Mokihinui River



    The folks at Forest and Bird have put together a lovely video of a rafting trip down the Mokihinui River. I commend them and their efforts to save the Mokihinui from destruction. Should we damn the river and its environs by building a dam? Is building hydro power a reversible decision? I think everyone knows my [...] read more
    May 16, 2008 4:40 pm - 27 Comments
  • frog

    PQ: Mokihinui River Hydro Plan



    Green MP Metiria Turei questions the Minister of Conservation, the Hon Steve Chadwick, as to whether she will oppose the consent application from Meridian energy to damn New Zealand’s seventh most important river ecosystem. (Yes, that was a pun.) Meridian’s own secret impact report, which damns the project as destructive of irreplaceable biodiversity, was tabled by [...] read more
    April 16, 2008 7:17 pm - 62 Comments
  • frog

    The Mokihinui question



    Today’s Green question in Parliament – Metiria Turei to the Minister of Conservation: Does the Department of Conservation plan to submit on the resource consent applications for Meridian Energy Limited’s Mokihinui Hydro Proposal; if so, will the Department be advocating for the protection of the river? You can watch parliament questions and answers at 2pm on [...] read more
    April 15, 2008 11:27 am - 13 Comments