Protect Karangahake had a busy day on the mountain on Saturday 11th June, with about 15 members helping out with the monthly weed-busting. After a couple of hours work we managed to create a huge pile of weeds, focusing on the area behind the popular picnic pagoda on the way to Scotsman's Gully track. At … Continue reading Spot the Gold
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On Queen's Birthday Monday a group of our members hiked three hours through native forest to deliver a pavlova to the site of a drilling rig on Queens Birthday. Protect Karangahake member Nina Mayhara explains "It is a public holiday today so we thought we'd deliver a traditional kiwi desert to the drilling rig prospecting for … Continue reading Queen’s Birthday Pavlova Hike
The mission was the same as last time, to stop the drilling and send a clear message to the mining companies that Karangahake is too precious to mine. About 30 members and supporters walked the 2 hours to get to the rig, which is on private land about 200 metres from the edge of the … Continue reading What we did up the Mountain
Last Sunday we sent a strong message to Newcrest Mining by returning to the drilling rig, we made it clear we will not tolerate their exploration programme under the shadow of Mt Karangahake. Twenty-five locals gathered early on Sunday morning to walk around the mountain, gaining strength from the mountain and the realisation of how precious this place is. We … Continue reading Strong message to Newcrest Mining
On Tuesday a group of our members took direct action (peaceful of course) against a drilling rig that was spotted only 200 meters from the edge of the DoC estate, on the south western side of Mt Karangahake. We took this opportunity today to send a clear message, to not only Newcrest, but also all the … Continue reading Newcrest drilling and how we stopped it
To celebrate the fact that we can still freely wander up to the portal/picnic pad, un-troubled by mining vehicles, to have an alfresco picnic in a beautiful space un-spoilt by a mining operation in the middle of a DOC estate is a day well spent. So a group of us had a delightful lunch up … Continue reading This is a picnic place not a mine portal
