assignment3/clippings

   1 Mar 8, 2013
   2 'Too late' for Govt to vote on saving seabed
   3 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/mining/news/article.cfm?c_id=64&objectid=10869898
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   5 Mar 28, 2013
   6 Bathurst gets tentative nod for new mine
   7 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10874157
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  12 April 24, 2012
  13 Venting anger at Watercare
  14 http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/6815549/Venting-anger-at-Watercare
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  16 Mar 28, 2013
  17 Western Springs pipeline sparks safety, environmental concerns
  18 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10874092
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  20 Resource consent documentation
  21 http://www.watercare.co.nz/Pages/Central-Interceptor-Resource-Consent-Documentation.aspx
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  26 "Golden Link" underground gold mine
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  29 - was publicly notified at the request of the applicant
  30 - subsidence before hearing --- backfilling is a condition
  31 - Distressed Residents Action Team (DRAT) and Waihi East Ratepayers Group Inc (WERGI) are citisen groups in opposition
  32 - WERGI's ads in newspapers exaggerated threat (illustrated with pictures from the US), maybe bringing down property values all by themselves; see http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/news/groups-ads-dragging-property-prices-down/1633684/
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  34 Aug 24, 2011
  35 Residents 'terrified' by bid for giant goldmine under Waihi
  36 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10747078
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  38 Jan 16, 2013
  39 Homeowners say they should have been told about gold permit by real
  40 estate agent.
  41 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10859418
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  43 May 7, 2013
  44 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10881982
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  46 May 8, 2013
  47 Waihi mine
  48 Council says positive effects significant, most serious negative
  49 effect may be vibrations.
  50 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10882189
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  53 Operator's information:
  54 http://www.waihigold.co.nz/mining/golden-link/
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  56 Hauraki Council's page on the golden link project:
  57 http://www.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/news/Mining-issues/GoldenLinkRCAp/app.htm
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  59 Press release by watchgroup:
  60 http://coromandelwatchdog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/media-release-correnso-decision-sets-bad-precendent-for-homeowners-07-05-2013.pdf
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  65 Dunedin waterside hotel
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  68 - 27 stories
  69 - despite economic benefits, 80% of 507 submissions are in opposition
  70 - applicant didn't supply information in response to council's request
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  72 Council's page on the application: [locked]
  73 http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/council-online/notified-resource-consents/current-notifieds/luc-2012-212
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  75 Sept 2012
  76 Original announcement by the council
  77 http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/your-council/latest-news/september-2012/resource-consent-sought-for-major-hotel
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  79 Dec 21, 2012
  80 Applicant asked to demonstrate height with baloon or helicopter.
  81 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10855550
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  83 Mar 15, 2013
  84 Hotel construction feasible: report
  85 http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/249520/hotel-construction-feasible-report
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  87 Mar 17, 2013
  88 Otago Regional Council likely to refuse consent; requested info was not supplied.
  89 http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/249951/refuse-consent-hotel-orc-says
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  91 Mar 21, 2013
  92 Betterways Advisory Ltd counsel Phil Page complains about submissions from competitors.
  93 http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/250221/strong-push-hotel-hearing-adjourned
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  95 April 10, 2013
  96 No third hearing for hotel; decision to be made before June 4
  97 http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/252532/committee-rule-hotel-soon
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  99 June 6, 2013
 100 Porposal rejected by council.
 101 http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/259914/hotel-ruling-disappoints