In the News
Forest and Bird Magazine
- Saving Foulden Maar (Winter 2019)
Newsroom
- Foulden Maar for public good, not pig food (5 November 2019)
- Future still uncertain for Foulden Maar’s fossils (1 August 2019)
- Fossil miner’s skink cash (28 June 2019)
- No mention of fossils in OIO application (26 June 2019)
- Fossil-mining company broke with millions in the bank (24 June 2019)
- Hope as fossil site claims second mining scalp (20 June 2019)
- Foulden Maar fight rumbles on (19 June 2019)
- Financial offer dangled for fossil mine support (7 June 2019)
- Scientists reject fossil land swap (5 June 2019)
- Southern discomfort at fossil mining plans (28 May 2019)
- Answers from the fossil miner (27 May 2019)
- Unjustifiable vandalism and grand promises (26 May 2019)
- Podcast: the significant spot that no one knew about (22 May 2019)
- Dunedin mayor demands facts from fossil-mining company (16 May 2019)
- Who is the fossil mining company (14 May 2019)
- Opposition grows to fossil mining project (13 May 2019)
- Dunedin’s ‘Pompeii’ to be mined to make pig food (10 May 2019)
Otago Daily Times
- Fossil record prerogative (6 November)
- Supporters welcome DCC’s decision (6 November 2019)
- DCC starts Foulden Maar process (5 November 2019)
- Dunedin Council wants to buy Foulden Maar (4 November 2019)
- Plaman withdraws; maar still vulnerable (1 August 2019)
- Application to purchase land for mine withdrawn (31 July 2019)
- Fossils not mentioned in Plaman OIO application (27 June 2019)
- Further bad news for troubled Plaman (26 June 2019)
- Support for maar protection (26 June 2019)
- Plaman subsidiary also placed into liquidation (25 June 2019)
- Bridge nearing completion (24 June 2019)
- Plea to
government to protect Foulden Maar (22 June 2019) - Spotlight on Plaman Resources (22 June 2019)
- Plaman cash in
law firm’s trust account (22 June 2019) - Group considering crowdfunding to secure Foulden Maar (21 June 2019)
- Protecting maar now a priority (20 June 2019)
- ‘Extremely relieved’: financial strife likely to save fossil site (19 June 2019)
- OIO studies new submissions (19 June 2019)
Exhibition inspired by maar (18 June 2019)- Talks on Foulden Maar fossil site significance (15 June 2019)
- Scientist: maar not only ‘outstanding’ site (14 June 2019)
- Council now formally opposed to
expansion of mine (14 June 2019) - Geoscience Society fears
loss of fossils (12 June 2019) - Plaman seeks to be
party to Environment Court appeals (11 June 2019) - Mining Foulden Maar described as ‘obscene’ (8 June 2019)
- ‘Jaw-dropping inducements’ over Foulden Maar (6 June 2019)
- Foulden Maar options cover types of status (1 June 2019)
- DCC supports
preservation of Foulden Maar (30 May 2019) - Maar site appears safe in
short term (30 May 2019) - Paleontologist breaks
silence : ‘horrified’ over Foulden Maar (29 May 2019) - Academic ‘more than horrified’ at mining proposal (28 May 2019)
- Protection challenge by Plaman (28 May 2019)
- ‘World-class’ consultation offer (28 May 2019)
- Minerals forum flashpoint for protest (27 May 2019)
- Sifting through layers of history (25 May 2019)
- Clarity hard to find in shadows (24 May 2019)
- Unesco status way to protect Foulden Maar (24 May 2019)
- Letters of support for diatomite mine revealed (24 May 2019)
- Foulden Maar’s developer defends mining diatomite (22 May 2019)
- University has no stance on
mine site (21 May 2019) - Cull: mine support not too early (21 May 2019)
- Mayor tells of initial talks, support letter (18 May 2019)
- Hawkins in bid to support Foulden Maar preservation (18 May 2019)
- Bid to PGF to fund controversial mine? (17 May 2019)
- Diatomite promoter hits back (16 May 2019)
- Foulden Maar petition attracts support (15 May 2019)
- Diatomite company’s ownership uncertain (15 May 2019)
- Mayor wants clarification on diatomite mine proposal (15 May 2019)
- Curran frustrated at mine delays, says public lacks facts (14 May 2019)
- Clark joins opposition to Middlemarch mine proposal (13 May 2019)
- Mine threat to fossil record (9 May 2019)
Leaked report sheds light on mine project (20 April 2019)- Mine traffic concern with
new bridge (21 August 2018) - Funding secured by diatomite mine firm (18 June 2019)
- Miners, scientists unlikely allies (2 June 2018)
- Potential to create 100
job (28 May 2018) - Otago fertiliser to bolster oil palm plantations (13 November 2015)
Radio NZ
- Council moves to return return Foulden Maar to public ownership (5 November 2019)
- Dunedin Council takes first step towards buying Foulden Maar (4 November 2019)
- Plaman dumps mining plan for Foulden Maar crater lake (31 July 2019)
- Protecting New Zealand’s unique geological features (10 July 2019)
- Exploring fish fossils at Foulden Maar (2 July 2019)
- Mayor on Foulden Maar: “We must act quickly” (27 June 2019)
- Dunedin residents call for protection of Foulden Maar (26 June 2019)
- Plaman Resource’s plan to mine Foulden Maar appears scuppered (19 June 2019)
- Hunger Mountain, Foulden Maar, and Jerusalem (17 June 2019)
- Could new legislation save Foulden Maar? (12 June 2019)
- Foulden Maar fossil fight: Council considers options (30 May 2019)
- Mining company: “We have good motives here” (21 May 2019)
- Foulden Maar – a 23-million-year-old fossil treasure trove (16 May 2019)
- Opposition to Foulden Maar proposal grows (15 May 2019)
- Otago community takes on major international mining company (13 May 2019)
- Concern about mining in Foulden Maar (13 May 2019)
- NZ linked to destruction in SE Asia, Greenpeace says (12 November 2015)
Stuff.co.nz
- Dunedin Council steps in to protect Foulden Maar (4 November 2019)
- Cash-strapped diatomite miner withdraws Foulden Maar application (31 July 2019)
- OIO says collapsed diatomite miner’s benefits to New Zealand ‘doubtful’ (25 June 2019)
Company behind Foulden Maar bid collapses, puttingapplication to mine on hold (19 June 2019)Battle to save ‘essential’ Foulden Maar heats up (28 May 2019)- Otago diatomite miner outlines plans on fossil-laden land, apologises (25 May 2019)
- Diatomite miner’s land application will take more time – OIO (21 May 2019)
- Sage holds key to
sale of Otago fossil land to diatomite miner (16 May 2019)
The Conversation
Quarrying and Mining Magazine
- Southland fertiliser popular with palm oil industries (8 February 2016)