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Miner’s monthly: July 2023

Impacts on mining from National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity In  July the Ministry for the Environment published the finalised National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity. This policy statement, in …

Miner’s Monthly: May 2023

Strong turnout for West Coast Minerals forum in Westport About 170 delegates attended the 2023 West Coast Minerals Forum at the Westport’s NBS Theatre in mid-may. Forum delegates heard about …

Putting sins on the goat

Scapegoating’s origins lie not so much in Bronze Age Palestine but in human nature. As always though, the Bible’s King James version is beautifully phrased.

A case for new mines on conservation land

A recent opinion piece claimed that “mines continue to destroy public conservation land”. I disagree. For starters, a sense of proportion. Since the Department of Conservation was created in 1987, access arrangements for mines have had a combined footprint of about 3512 hectares, or 0.04% of our country’s 8,838,470ha conservation estate…

Miner’s Monthly: March 2023

Minerals West Coast Forum 2023 Minerals West Coast’s forum is set to be held in Westport on the 17th of May 2023. The lineup of speakers and presentations will allow …

Miner’s Monthly: December 2022

Online campaign clocks 1,000,000+ views A video pushing for miners to retain the right to apply for access to New Zealand’s public conservation land has gathered more than a million …