#Fasttrack law advanced under urgency “expands what laws can be bypassed, while increasing ministerial powers & opening up conflict-of-interest risks..it’s happening at a time when other democratic checks & balances are fragile, if not fading.” Dangerous

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How can we tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and water quality while maintaining the economic, social and cultural life of rural Aotearoa New Zealand? The PCE’s latest report addresses this question. bit.ly/goingwithgrain

Just dropped! oursnotmines keeps adding fabulous new items to their 'Musicians against Mines' lyrical auction – supported by Forest & Bird. The newest is Benee's 'Soaked' handwritten lyrics + Benee's 2010 protest march photo😍(Thank you Benee's mum!) trademe.co.nz/stores/oursnot…

Not to mention the site that has been vetoed for mining, not once but 3 times. In the last case, Stevensons Mining had to pay over $200k to Forest & Bird & DOC in costs. The proposed bill would enable this thrice declined development to be fast tracked. #dinnerwithshanejones

Sir Geoffery Palmer has joined the chorus of people setting out their opposition to the FTAB: 'New Zealand’s environment is too valuable a resource to be put at risk in this way. The complications with this Bill are so numerous that it cannot work.'
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The who's-who of NZ music have banded together in opposition to a controversial mining project in the Coromandel. Forest & Bird alongside other eNGOs are supporting the campaign 'Musicians Against Mines' to auction off never-before-seen lyrics to fight it.
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The Forest & Bird team & I are proud to support this, along with Benee, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Supergroove, Phoenix Foundation, Che Fu, Georgia Lines, Hollie Smith & Don McGlashan, Goldenhorse, Goodshirt, Pluto, Greg Johnson, Kings & Ladi 6 morgandonoghue
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Forest and Bird Greenpeace Aotearoa, and Coromandel Watchdog have joined together with oursnotmines and Musicians Against Mines to support a campaign against OceanaGold’s proposed gold and silver mine underneath conservation land #waronnature
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'I think for the first time in my life I would actually feel betrayed by my government. I've never said that before, I've never thought that before - I never thought I would think that before - but I would feel betrayed.”
The fight for Pākiri #waronnature rnz.co.nz/programmes/in-…

Tāmaki Makaurau!! Forest & Bird, Greenpeace Aotearoa, Communities Against Fast Track (CAFT), Coromandel Watchdog, WWF New Zealand, and Kiwis Against Seabed Mining have announced a ‘March for Nature’ on Sat June 8 at 1pm down Queen Street against the FT Bill. RSVP rsvp.marchfornature.nz/events/march-f…

Proud to be able to walk with Nicola Toki on this hikoi and listen to Ngāti Toa calling on the government to rethink the fast-track bill - it undermines future generations, te taiao, te tiriti, democracy and is a #WarOnNature . Forest & Bird

Today Ngāti Toa Rangatira have drawn a line in the sand on the fast-track bill - it undermines te tiriti, democracy, and will cause inter-generational environmental harm. #WarOnNature . Nicola Toki and Richard Capie proudly joining today’s hikoi

Here's some news for those passionate botanists among us. Ecologist Rowan Hindmarsh-Walls has made an intriguing and unexpected find at Brown River Scenic Reserve – a single sapling of what looked like Coprosma pedicellata near the reserve's oxbow wetland tehoiere.org.nz/news-events/ne…

From our CE Nicola Toki comes a children's book about Aotearoa NZ's world-famous pūteketeke Australasian crested grebe. $1 from every book sold is donated to Forest & Bird to support our conservation mahi. Taking preorders now! linktr.ee/fiveweeputeket…
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'The rest of the world are very interested in our weird & wonderful native wildlife, particularly our birds, here in New Zealand, & they kind of expect that we're looking after them.' Love from Leo - celeb fans lead to big jump in donations to conservation rnz.co.nz/news/national/…