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Please fill in the email below and ask Prime Minister John Key to keep his government’s promise about mining our conservation land.  

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Body : * Dear Prime Minister Recently the government signalled that mining on public conservation land is again on its agenda. It has broken the promise made last year to give all New Zealanders a say about significant mining projects on conservation land. As you know, the spectacular Denniston Plateau is threatened with a 160-hectare open-cast coal mine. If it goes ahead, it will be the largest coal mine on public conservation land. The Department of Conservation has identified this area as a priority site for biodiversity protection. I ask you to publicly notify the access arrangement for the coal mine so the views of all New Zealanders can be heard. I would like to see the wild Denniston Plateau – and its great spotted kiwi, West Coast geckos, kaka, giant land snails and other special animals and plants – protected in a reserve. I do not want it destroyed for a coal mine.

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