Karamea fossil hunters should be 'strung and quartered'
The fossil hunters who hacked out a treasured 23 million-year-old whale fossil near Karamea should be "strung and quartered", a West Coast regional councillor says.
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The fossil hunters who hacked out a treasured 23 million-year-old whale fossil near Karamea should be "strung and quartered", a West Coast regional councillor says.
The inquiry into the removal of a fossil from where it lay at the mouth of the Little Wanganui River for 23 million years until someone hacked it out with a rock saw has stepped up a notch.
Parts of a Barrytown farm are slowly being smothered by gravel brought down from creeks in the Paparoa Range.
An application for a proposed goldmine close to Kumara township is on hold with the West Coast Regional Council, which has asked for more information.
The four West Coast councils have joined forces to help save construction and demolition waste from going to landfill.