Waihi — Newmont Waihi Gold’s (NWG) application for notified land use consent for its proposed underground project in East Waihi has cleared its first hurdle.

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Coromandel — Contact Energy and Otago Regional Council (ORC) staff will put their marine pollution response capability to the test near Cromwell on Monday (19 March) with an exercise simulating an oil spill into Lake Dunstan.

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Te Aroha — About 80 people gathered yesterday for the official launch of the second and most critical phase of a project to clean up the abandoned Tui Mine on the western slopes of Mount Te Aroha.

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Coromandel — Coromandel residents will have a chance to swap their garden weeds for native plants at two “Weeds 4 Natives” events later this month.

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Whangamata — A peaceful protest to shut down a mining rig in the Coromandel conservation estate will be supported by the Green Party today.

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Whangamata — An all day oil spill exercise is due to be carried out at Whangamata Harbour on Tuesday 24 May by Waikato Regional Council, Whangamata Marina staff and other associated agencies.

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Thames — Parawai School to work with TCDC along Thames foreshore this Thursday Students from Thames' Parawai School will give the stretch of Thames' foreshore from the wharf to Kuranui Bay extra TLC this Thursday.

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Coromandel — Volunteers and boats wanted.

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Whitianga — Over 120 coastal planners, scientists, engineers and others gathered for a three-day conference in Whitianga this past week (17-19 November) to discuss all things coastal.

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Coromandel — Thames-Coromandel Council needs to work with the Wilderland community to find a fair process for bringing their buildings up to standard, said Green Party MP and Coromandel resident Catherine Delahunty today.

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Coromandel — Battle against environmental invaders taken to beaches in Whitianga and Thames this weekend A war against weeds is being taken to the beaches in Thames and Whitianga this weekend in a joint offensive by Thames-Coromandel District Council (TCDC), Environment Waikato (EW) and the Department of Conservation (DOC).

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Coromandel — Environment Waikato is conducting an oil spill exercise in Te Kouma, Coromandel Harbour on Friday this week designed to fine tune its response to real environmental emergencies.

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Coromandel — Equipment to stay in place in case of future need.

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Coromandel — Government plans to allow gold mining in steep, unstable conservation land above and bordering Thames township are "stupid and reckless, because mining will increase the risk of catastrophic flooding and landslides in the town", says Coromandel Watchdog spokesperson and Thames lawyer Denis Tegg.

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Coromandel — Conservation organisation Forest & Bird has uncovered Government plans to allow mining in 7000 hectares of high-value conservation land in the West Coast’s Paparoa National Park, Great Barrier Island and the Coromandel Peninsula.

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Coromandel — Plans to open up a protected area above Thames to mining threaten the security of the entire township, Green MP Catherine Delahunty said today.

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Coromandel — Thames-Coromandel District Council (TCDC) has been granted a range of consents to reclaim land so as to protect Thames from coastal flooding, and to help rehabilitate an old landfill site.

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Coromandel — Coromandel Peninsula residents put power back into their own hands at the weekend’s Earth Hour event – saving more than four percent of usual power output in the process.

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Coromandel — What will you be doing as the rest of the world celebrates Earth Hour this Saturday 28 March?

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Coromandel — TCDC and EW team up again for beach cleanups with schools.

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Coromandel — What do Thames-Coromandel District, Bermuda and 322 other communities around the world have in common? We're all starters for the 2009 Earth Hour which will take place between 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm on March 28.

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Coromandel — Calling all fans of our beautiful pohutukawa tree.

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