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Government forced to release its ‘top secret’ fast-track list

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Forest & Bird is demanding an extension to submissions on the contentious Fast-track Approvals Bill, after successfully asking the Ombudsman to investigate a lac

Rip it up and start over – Fast-Track Approvals Bill needs to be scrapped

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Forest & Bird warns the Fast-track Approvals Bill poses significant risks to the environment, to local communities, to democracy and to future generations of Kiwis.  This is the premise of its

Forest & Bird's submission on the Fast-track Approvals Bill

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Forest & Bird's official submission on the Fast-track Approvals Bill - 18 April 2024

DOC job cuts will have long-term consequences for nature

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Forest & Bird is warning of long-term consequences for nature and the economy following today’s announcement of 131 proposed jobs losses at DOC.

STOP the War on Nature

On 7 March 2024 the Government introduced a new Bill to Parliament (under urgency) called the Fast-track Approvals Bill.

The Fast-track Approvals Bill is an omnibus bill. It proposes to establish a permanent fast track approvals regime for a range of infrastructure, housing and development projects that are considered to have significant regional or national benefits. Read more here.

He Ara Ki Ngā Awa - Some Paths to The Rivers

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The AGM of the Wellington Branch of Forest & Bird is at 6pm on Thursday 2 May. Come and join us for this brief meeting to hear about the achievements of the past year.

Fast-track Approvals Bill – Frequently Asked Questions

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Is this really about fast-track development?  

Submission writing workshop - Fast-track Approvals Bill

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Dr. Miguel Mejias (Bermuda) - Threats and conservation of several Bermuda endemics.

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Visiting from Bermuda on invitation by the University of Auckland Biological Sciences, Dr. Miguel Mejías is a Bermudian ornithologist, naturalist, and conservationist. Since 2011, at the age of 24, he became an apprentice of Dr.

Regenerating the Red Zone - Sarah Mankelow

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Sarah is the Community Partnerships ranger at Christchurch City Council Residential Red Zone Parks Unit. She will speak on Regenerating the Red Zone - projects, planting and City Nature Challenge.

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