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Images: Protest & Counter Protest At Parliament
Images: Protest & Counter Protest Outside Parliament
Yesterday West Coasters crossed the Cook Strait and converged on Parliament to protest Conservation Minister Sandra Lee’s decision to veto consent for Australian mining company GRD Macraes to extend a hard rock gold mining proposal on conservation land at Reefton. Environmental groups organised a counter protest in support of Sandra Lee’s decision.
A Coaster steps out of the mists of time
Coasters petition
Parliament
West Coast Tasman MP Damien
O’Connor in the thick of it
Coasters consider the
options
A greenie shows it can be
done
Straight talker says it loud
with a scowl
Green Co-leader Jeanette
Fitzsimmons on the steps
Environmentalists throw their
hand in with
Lee
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