West Coast Archive

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  Waste Not West Coast Forests

  
  
  
  The commercial forests of the West Coast are currently presenting a dilemma to the Government. These ex-Timberlands forests are producing low-quality timber and in many places the soils and climate have proven unsuitable for the species planted. A fierce windstorm last winter smashed over whole forests in some areas. Given the damage and the cost [...] read more
  April 15, 2009 1:32 pm - 16 Comments
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  Greens support Buller District hydro

  
  
  
  It’s a bit lazy, but Kevin Hague’s press release says all I want to say! The Green Party’s West Coast-based MP Kevin Hague today lodged a submission in support of a proposed hydro scheme on the Stockton Plateau. Hydro Developments Ltd has applied for consent to divert water contaminated by mining from the Stockton area into reservoirs [...] read more
  January 30, 2009 2:42 pm - 16 Comments
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  Kevin Hague’s growing support on the Coast

  
  
  
  Toad at g.blog follows up on my post yesterday about the Greens’ strong Nelson poll with news from the West Coast-Tasman electorate: Well, now the Nelson Mail have published a poll for the West Coast – Tasman electorate. And the Greens are polling even better there – 13.7% (including 27% in Golden Bay). The Greens’ seventh [...] read more
  October 31, 2008 3:41 pm - 35 Comments
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  Goodbye whitebait?

  
  
  
  Whitebait season opened everywhere in New Zealand last week except the West Coast, where people still have a week and a half to wait. But it seems many fishers may also be waiting until they have enough to fill a plate. Because, at the same time, the Department of Conservation expressed concern at not finding [...] read more
  August 18, 2008 3:37 pm - 47 Comments
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  Further to the weekend’s cow poo story

  
  
  
  According to the NZ Herald: Power generated from cow dung has been identified as one way New Zealand could make billions from an emissions trading scheme. It’s good to see some coverage of  emissions trading schemes  that is not presented as ‘environment vs economy’ but of the economy operating effectively within our environment.  This story says a [...] read more
  August 18, 2008 3:07 pm - 60 Comments
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  The water, like a witch’s oils, burnt green, and blue and white

  
  
  
  A public health report released on the West Coast yesterday found none of the region’s reticulated drinking water sources met official drinking standards. Nationwide, 15 per cent of water supplies failed to meet official drinking water standards but on the West Coast, not a single reticulated water source met official standards, which required a four-stage process [...] read more
  July 23, 2008 2:03 pm - 1 Comment
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  Damming the Mokihinui River eels

  
  
  
  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 [...] read more
  April 3, 2008 11:31 am - 10 Comments
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  Save Happy Valley

  
  
  
  I’ve been sent emails all week by people asking ‘are you going to write about the walk the walk crew who are walking all the way from Auckland to Happy Valley on the West Coast of the South Island, near Westport?’ It’s been a busy week, what with Helen Clark and John Key both [...] read more
  January 31, 2008 9:19 pm - 31 Comments