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Opposing mining

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Opposing mining

Dressed as a native bird, Kirstie Knowles of Forest and Bird posts her submission against a government proposal to mine national parks outside the Ministry of Economic Development in Wellington in 2010. There was considerable public opposition to mining in the parks, and the government backed down. Founded in 1923, Forest and Bird is New Zealand's largest environmental cause group. 

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New Zealand Herald

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Raymond Miller, Interest groups – Cause interest groups, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/34978/opposing-mining (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Raymond Miller, i tāngia i te 14 March 2012, updated 1 April 2020.