19, Nov, 2021
Trawling and dredging the Hauraki Marine Park should end Category: ECO Inc Conservation groups and recreational fishers call for trawling, dredging and other mobile bottom contacting fishing methods to be stopped in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park - Tīkapa Moana / Te...

112, Feb, 2021
Bottom trawling destruction continues after NZ resisted South Pacific ocean protection measures Category: ECO Inc At the annual meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO), online due to covid-19, New Zealand argued for weak protection measures and in favour of more...

10, Sep, 2020
Watchdog Loses High Court Judicial Review on Mining but Will Keep Fighting Category: Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki The High Court has ruled against our application for a Judicial Review of Ministers Parker and Robertson decision to allow Oceana Gold to build a new toxic waste tailings dam at...

04, May, 2020
RMA Fast Track on the Wrong Track with Democracy Heist Category: ECO Inc “The government is using COVID-19 as an excuse to dispense with public input in the fast tracking of its selected projects”, says Cath Wallace co-chair of the umbrella group of environmental...

19, Feb, 2020
NZ Govt Acts As Advocate For Fishing Industry At International Meetin Category: Deep Sea Conservation Coalition Joint Media release from Deepsea Conservation Coalition New Zealand members: ECO, Greenpeace, Forest & Bird, Legasea, Our Seas Our Future, WWF – New Zealand As a...

13, Feb, 2020
Government Fails Conservation Land Category: Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki

05, Feb, 2020
Judicial Review – the what, why and how Category: Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki

17, Jun, 2019
Hector’s and Maui Dolphin Threat Plan Action needs more work Category: ECO Inc The government’s proposals to protect Maui and Hector’s dolphin are far too weak, are over- complicated, and do not include proposals for dolphin protection to the 100m contour that have...

23, May, 2019
Dr Jane Goodall backs action plan for NZ environment Category: ECO Inc World-renowned conservationist Dr Jane Goodall and a coalition of Aotearoa's leading environmental organisations have released an ambitious plan for reversing New Zealand’s...

17, May, 2019
Passing of Bob Hawke Category: Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) is saddened to learn of the passing of Bob Hawke, former Prime Minister of Australia (1983-1991) and we send our deepest condolences to...

16, May, 2019
Rec fishers join environmental heavyweights to save “kauri forests of our ocean” Category: ECO Inc Thursday 16 May 2019 -- New Zealand’s leading environmental organisations have today joined with recreational fishers to call on the Government to ban bottom trawling on seamounts. The..

12, May, 2019
Coromandel Watchdog Challenges Government to Honour Promises as Prime Conservation Land Threatened Category: Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki is furious that the Government’s failure to implement protections that have been promised by one or more of the coalition partners for years has resulted in a...

29, Jan, 2019
NEW ZEALAND TRAWL FLEET TO CONTINUE DESTRUCTION OF DEEP-SEA ECOSYSTEMS IN SOUTH PACIFIC ON THE HIGH SEAS Category: Deep Sea Conservation Coalition The Hague, 27 January 2019 - The Annual Meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) today adopted a measure (regulation) for managing deep-sea fisheries on...