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Is Southland finally free of its toxic burden?
After a long struggle, the Environment Court has finally ruled that the ouvea premix stored across Southland will be removed by May 2021. Michael Andrew spoke to those involved in the campaign.
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Imagine having an anxiety attack every time it rains. Southland resident Laurel Turnbull doesn’t have to. She’s lived in Mataura, a small town south of Gore, her entire life; 72 years. But the past seven of those have been plagued by worry about the 10,000 tonnes of toxic sludge illegally stored at the town’s paper mill.
Friday, 19 February 2021, 5:20 pm
In
a new report released today, the Environmental Defence
Society (EDS) has called for a reset of government forestry
policy to support indigenous forest regeneration on Banks
Peninsula and dis-incentivise exotic forestry
expansion.
The report is the final in a series of case
studies EDS has undertaken as part of a broader
investigation into landscape protection in Aotearoa New
Zealand. EDS has already released case study reports on Te
Manahuna Mackenzie Basin, Waitākere Ranges, Hauraki Gulf
Islands and Tourism.
Co-authored by EDS Policy
Director Raewyn Peart and EDS Solicitor Cordelia Woodhouse,
Restoring Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula
Press Release – Environmental Defence Society The release of the Cabinet paper outlining the governments plans for resource management reform provides an insight into the thinking that is going on following last years recommendations from the Randerson Panel. Overall, the architecture …
The release of the Cabinet paper outlining the government’s plans for resource management reform provides an insight into the thinking that is going on following last year’s recommendations from the Randerson Panel.
“Overall, the architecture of a future system outlined in the paper is as expected,” said Gary Taylor, EDS CEO.
“It closely follows the core features of the Panel’s recommendations, including repealing the RMA and enacting three separate pieces of legislation: the Natural and Built Environments Act, the Strategic Planning Act and the Climate Change Adaptation Act. It also echoes many of the recommendations we made as part of our own multi-year RM reform project which i