The Tourism Export Council today has called for a five-year ban on new irrigation schemes following the dairy downturn. Should irrigation be banned? We don’t think so, but neither should irrigation be propped up by government funding. Each project should … Read More

You can’t please everyone. But in the case of the marine protection consultation (on which submissions close today), it seems the Government can’t please anyone. That is because the proposals they are putting forward won’t actually solve the problems we … Read More

The Government’s consultation on protecting our ocean has taken place in the shadow of the oil, gas and mining industry. A number of Government proposals on marine protection point to the undue influence of this industry, and have turned the … Read More

Over the weekend David Seymour released a flagship ACT environmental policy – to sell Landcorp in order to build predator free sanctuaries. His ultimate aim is to ‘bring back the birdsong’ – restore the dawn chorus to what Cook intended. … Read More

Over the weekend Paula Bennett gave her first speech as climate change Minister. How did she rate? A couple of her statements were very promising, but much of it was a continuation of the ‘do nothing and make excuses’ approach … Read More

In yesterday’s blog we looked at all that was good in the Government’s latest fresh water proposals. Today we look at the shortcomings, which can generally be summarised as ‘too little, too late’. Most of these problems were glaringly obvious … Read More