national park Archive

  • Kevin Hague

    Conservation week – lords of the forest - by Kevin Hague



    Tane Mahuta, lord of the forest. A tree that is truly magnificent, along with Te Matua Ngahere, father of the forest, who is our second largest Kauri. Estimated to be over 2000 years old, this means that it is possible that it lived through the large Taupo eruption of 180CE. Both trees grow in the [...] read more
    September 16, 2010 5:17 pm - 5 Comments
  • frog

    Podcast: Mining our Sacred Places - by frog



    The National Government are poised to do the unthinkable — open up our most treasured places, our national parks and reserves — to mining. Can they be serious? Didn’t we have this fight 100 years ago? Do New Zealanders really believe that no place is sacred if there’s a goldmine or a coalmine sitting underneath [...] read more
    November 10, 2009 9:28 am - 5 Comments
  • frog

    Mining Milford Sound? - by frog



    “Will he rule out of the review of Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act any consideration of mining potential in Milford Sound; if not, why not?” National Parks, openness, ‘hysteria’ and cartoons. read more
    October 8, 2009 10:36 am - 12 Comments