It's a port not a marine reserve. It is dredging an existing channel. This is our biggest gateway to the world to get our goods exported. Why is there even a debate about this? What is the alternative? Freeze the current volume of trade, downsize the ship size which only means more ships needing to berth.
- Mark S
New Zealand will never reach its full potential as long as we are constantly being dragged back into the distant past.
I just hope that if this protest goes ahead, then everyone involved will be able to honestly say that they have never nor will ever benefit from and of the cargos being carried on these ships!
Let's hope common sense prevails, but I feel we will have more of this under our present government!
- Ann V
Surely if there is ever a case to fast-track an application this is it. If the Environment Court cannot hear such a nationally vital case until 2023 - after two plus years have already elapsed at a cost of $20m - then the system is fundamentally flawed - I can think of another f-word that describes the situation! This needs immediate remediation NOW. No wonder productivity in this country is so pathetic.
- Mark W
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