river Archive

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  Trustpower and the Govt plan to mine this national park – Rakaia River - by Russel Norman

  
  
  
  Last Saturday I went to pay my respects to one of the grand old men who built the Canterbury Plains, the Rakaia River. The Rakaia River is the greatest of the remaining untamed braided rivers. Starting in the Southern Alps it reaches the ocean south of Lake Ellesmere/Te Waihora. It is one of the rivers that [...] read more
  May 9, 2011 6:13 pm - 4 Comments
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  Aucklanders, you know you’re drinking the Waikato River - by Russel Norman

  
  
  
  One in three New Zealanders (Auckland, Hamilton et al) have a very direct interest in the quality of the water coming down the Waikato River because their drinking water is extracted from that catchment. The more polluted that water is, the more expensive and difficult it is to treat it. So how bad is the water at the end of the Waikato river? read more
  April 29, 2011 5:05 pm - 18 Comments
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  Good Farm Stories and the polluted Manawatu - by frog

  
  
  
  As Jeanette previewed yesterday, the Greens’ Good Farm Stories website has been launched today. You can find it here: www.goodfarmstories.org.nz. There’s a wealth of material, so grab a cup of tea and enjoy! read more
  November 26, 2009 12:43 pm - 7 Comments
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  Help the Hurunui - by frog

  
  
  
  The Royal Forest & Bird Society is calling out for submissions in support of a Water Conservation Order: The NZ Recreational Canoeing Association and Fish and Game have jointly applied to the Ministry for the Environment for a Water Conservation Order on the Upper Hurunui River to protect the river and keep it in its [...] read more
  November 27, 2008 10:06 am - 2 Comments
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  It’s a WRAP - by frog

  
  
  
  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
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  The Latest from the Mokihinui River - by frog

  
  
  
  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 [...] read more
  May 16, 2008 4:40 pm - 27 Comments
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  PQ: Mokihinui River Hydro Plan - by frog

  
  
  
  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 [...] read more
  April 16, 2008 7:17 pm - 62 Comments
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  It ain’t pretty, it’s shitty! - by Russel Norman

  
  
  
  There are a lot of farmers doing the right thing fencing off streams and planting the margins. But there is still a long way to go. This vid was shot in the northern Wairarapa: read more
  February 29, 2008 2:29 pm - 6 Comments
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  Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. - by frog

  
  
  
  Such is the quote from Samuel Coleridge’s famous poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner“. It’s the first thing that came to mind when I read phil u‘s comment this morning about Russel and Trevor Mallard going head to head on Morning Report. Russel did best Trevor in the debate, but in fairness to Trevor [...] read more
  February 27, 2008 11:47 am - No Comments