May 10, 2024
“War on nature” prompts Queen St march
Environment groups have announced a March for Nature down Auckland’s Queen St on June 8 to protest the Fast-Track Approvals Bill and what they call the coalition Government’s war on nature.
Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman says the Fast-Track Bill is the most damaging piece of environmental legislation any Government has introduced in living memory.
Forest & Bird CEO Nicola Toki says the world faces a biodiversity crisis alongside the climate crisis, and New Zealand is already ground zero with the highest rate of species extinction in the world.
She says how we look after our environment is something that all New Zealanders care deeply about which is why resource management reform needs to have widespread public support.
Other groups involved include Communities Against Fast Track (CAFT), Coromandel Watchdog, WWF-New Zealand, and Kiwis Against Seabed Mining.