High Court rejects Watchdog appeal
- EDS seek to appeal to Court of Appeal
In a Judgment
delivered on the 2nd September 2005 the High Court
rejected the appeal by Coromandel Watchdog and the Thames Coromandel
District Council against an earlier Environment
Court decision.
Subsequent to that Judgement,
Environmental Defence Society lawyers on friday, 23rd September, lodged papers
seeking leave for Coromandel Watchdog to challenge the decision in the
Court of Appeal....
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Coromandel Watchdog and the Thames Coromandel District
Council
joined forces to appeal the Environment Court decision on mining. The
High Court in Auckland under Judge Simon France heard the appeal on
30th June and in the decision of
2nd September rejected it. Watchdog was represented at that hearing by
Sir Geoffrey Palmer.
Environment Court rejects Whangapoua
sawmill
21.07.05 The Environment Court has rejected Blue Mountain
Lumber's plans to build a $30 million sawmill near Whangapoua, Coromandel.
Paul Bibby, of the Whangapoua
Environmental Protection Society, said
the community had fought against the sawmill proposals for three years. "We're
more than delighted," he said.
Paul Bibby said the application had been declined on the basis of the
discharges to land and streams.
Seagull Recycle Shop progress
TCPS's push for a recycle
shop at Thames is nearly there.
The Seagull Centre Trust last month signed a lease agreement with the
Thames Coromandel district Council and the site has been fenced. A building
agreement has been signed and a resource consent applied for.
Construction should be underway in June.

The Seagull Shop site on the road to the Thames Transfer
Station.
Paku
Bay Marina turned down!!
The Court has turned down the marina
appeal. Access
previous newsletters plus
hearings reports.
No Mining - No way!
The battle to prevent mining on the Peninsula has reopened
with a series of events flowing from the hearing of a longstanding appeal
on the TCDC district plan and the infamous decision by the council's
policy and planning committee to change council's position prior
to the Environment Court hearing. This lead to the Environment
Court decision denying prohibited
status to mining. That decision is being appealed.
There were concerted move to revisit the Coromandel
mining issue prior to the policy and planning meeting, not just by the
mining industry but also the Crown Minerals division of the Ministry
of Economic development who see minerals as a growth
area of the economy. The Coromandel is an area of focus. and
that focus could be near you.
Our Society arose from the struggle by local people
to prevent mining on the Coromandel Peninsula from the late 1970's on.
Soon after the commencement of the Monowai hearing in 1987 the Tapu and
Waiomu Action Groups combined as the Thames Coast Preservation and Protection
Society Incorporated. ..more
That struggle continues but we also undertake a
range of environmental protection roles such as pest
control. We are
involved in revegetation and
in promoting waste minimisation
and recycling.
A major recurring issue is preserving and protecting
the scenic coast highway from repeated attempts to destroy the pohutukawa
trees that make it such a special place. A
battle we have fought repeatedly over many years.
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Headlines
Week commencing 21
February 2005 Paku Bay Marina Environment Court
hearing commences at Tairua. View Paku
Bay Preservation Society newsletter and other information
on this critical case.
Media release - 3rd October, 2004. ECO
Watchdog pledge - Candidate responses
Candidate's mining statements
Ethics? - what ethics!
The difference between Quarrying & Mining
current mining background
Watchdog press release
Environment Court decision pdf(526kb)
Recycle Shop seagull trust formed
Coast Rd Transit plans.
History with Transit
Mark & Nedilka roast Coffee as well as
Miners -- from the Thames Organic Co-op shop or
below
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