March Against Mining–The Mining Sector Bidding For Mining Access

On 1 May 2010 Lucy and 40,000 kiwis marched. The rally was held in Auckland to send a message to their government to stop mining in national parks Lucy was in the front marching with everyone to show her support.

It looks like the issue may become a problem again according to the NZ Herald article which appeared today:

Mining sector 'planning conservation land access'

Less than a year after being defeated by strong public opposition, the mining industry is planning another bid to gain access to minerals lying beneath the conservation estate, leading industry figures have indicated.

Labour MP David Parker yesterday said "senior" mining industry sources had told him they planned to seek an increase in the size of pockets of Schedule Four land, which may be used for mining related activities.

Under current law, miners could obtain permits to allow "interference" on Schedule Four land restricted to areas 10m by 10m….

Less than a year ago, public opinion - including a march down Queen St by 20,000 to 40,000 people led by actors Robyn Malcolm and Lucy Lawless - forced the Government into an embarrassing u-turn over its plans to remove Schedule Four protection from 7058ha of the Department of Conservation estate.

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You can also see AUSXIP Reporter Jo's photos and video (focused on Lucy) on the AUSXIP Lucy Lawless March Against Mining subpage

Greenpeace e-Magazine Spring 2010 - Lucy at March Against Mining

The latest Greenpeace e-Magazine Spring 2010 issue is available online and it reviews the year. It has an article on the Anti-Mining march "March Against Mining" whch was held in Auckland on 01 May 2010 with Lucy leading 40,000 of her fellow kiwis protesting the government's plans to mine national parks

Page 27 has a short article (no picture of Lucy but of the marchers) and the final page has the picture (on your left) of Lucy in the front.

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You can find out more about Lucy's involvement in the Greenpeace campaign on the AUSXIP Lucy Lawless Anti-Mining Page and also on the AUSXIP Lucy Lawless March Against Mining page

You can also watch Lucy on the AUSXIP Video of the march

March Against Mining - Lucy Footage

Gretal Thompson has uploaded a new video of her footage from the March Against Mining rally. The rally was held in Auckland on 01 May 2010 40,000 kiwis turned out to send a message to their government to stop mining in national parks Lucy was in the front marching with everyone to show her support.

You can also see AUSXIP Reporter Jo's photos and video (focused on Lucy) on the AUSXIP Lucy Lawless March Against Mining subpage

 

 

Watch Gretal's video here (You can see Lucy around the 3:12 mark)