Submissions and Letters

Submission to EPA against King Salmon by Pete Beach

It is with a heavy heart that I make this submission, over 20 yrs ago I formed an environmental watch dog group called “Guardians of the Sounds “ to try and protect the natural resources of our Sounds and protect the rights of the Sounds Community. After 20 yrs of advocacy work you would think…

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Sounds Salmon Farms Hearing Presentation by Norm Gourdie

I am Norm Gourdie. I’ve lived here in the Sounds, in Ngakuta Bay, the one in Queen Charlotte Sound, just up the Sound from Picton, since 1981, that’s 36 years, and I am passionate about looking after this environment, and all of NZ, the world for that matter. I am not a practised speaker, so…

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Submission on Mitigation of Sedimentation in the Sounds

The Guardians is sending a submission to the Council Plan relating to the issue of sedimentation from forestry activities and the damage that this causes to the life of the Sounds. The submission itself can be read here: [wpfilebase tag=file id=10 /] Please support this by adding your support to the document. You can do…

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Submission to the Aquaculture Bill Select Committee

The Guardians of the Sounds, an environmental group made up of Marlborough Sounds property owners , recreational users and tourism operators, would like to make our feelings known to your select committee and would very much like the opportunity to address your committee in person. The Marlborough Sounds, and in particular the Queen Charlotte Sound,…

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Foreshore and Seabed Submission

Dear Minister My wife Takutai and I attended your road show in Blenheim. I raised an issue; you said I would be contacted so there would be further discussion. Your secretary took our contact details but as yet contact has not been made! Ownership of the seabed is an issue about perception. In 1850 Maori…

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ERMA: Hearing dates set for reassessment of methyl bromide

Dates have now been set for five hearings to be held in May 2010 as part of the next stage of the methyl bromide reassessment process. The period for commenting on the application for reassessment closed in late February 2010. A total of 92 submissions were received. ERMA New Zealand is now reviewing submissions. Once…

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Submission to Foreshore and Seabed Review panel

Kia Ora koutou, The Guardians of the Sounds would like to acknowledge Maori rights to the Foreshore and Seabed, those rights had never been extinguished through legislation, nor had it ever been purchased, the foreshore and seabed legislation was in our view a modern day act of confiscation. Guardians have fought long and hard to…

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Private Plan Change to create AMA Areas

Sounds property owners , Tourism operators, recreational users, Sounds property owners, tourism operators, recreational users, fishermen, divers, walkers all need to be aware of the Councils current intent to have a variation to change the Sounds plan to get rid of the current Tendering process. This will enable any company applying for an AMA area…

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