river Archive

  • frog

    Good Farm Stories and the polluted Manawatu



    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
  • frog

    Help the Hurunui



    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
  • 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

    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
  • Russel Norman

    It ain’t pretty, it’s shitty!



    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
  • frog

    Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.



    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