Shane Jones

The coalition government is to use its controversial ‘fast track’ legislation to bypass drawn-out environmental approvals and speed the development of coal.

The majority of submitters are in favour of a government proposal to allow mining to resume in New Zealand after it was cancelled under Labour.

5 people have been arrested after a Greenpeace protest outside the Wellington office of mining lobby group Straterra, which closed a city road.

Meanwhile, the former prime minister of the small Pacific nation has criticised the New Zealand government for embracing gas drilling.

The coalition government is to use its controversial ‘fast track’ legislation to bypass drawn-out environmental approvals and speed the development of coal.

The majority of submitters are in favour of a government proposal to allow mining to resume in New Zealand after it was cancelled under Labour.

5 people have been arrested after a Greenpeace protest outside the Wellington office of mining lobby group Straterra, which closed a city road.

Meanwhile, the former prime minister of the small Pacific nation has criticised the New Zealand government for embracing gas drilling.