Images: Protest & Counter Protest Outside Parliament
Yesterday West Coasters crossed the Cook Strait and converged on Parliament to protest Conservation Minister Sandra
Lee’s decision to veto consent for Australian mining company GRD Macraes to extend a hard rock gold mining proposal on
conservation land at Reefton. Environmental groups organised a counter protest in support of Sandra Lee’s decision.
A Coaster steps out of the mists of time
Coasters petition Parliament
West Coast Tasman MP Damien O’Connor in the thick of it
Coasters consider the options
A greenie shows it can be done
Straight talker says it loud with a scowl
Green Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimmons on the steps
Environmentalists throw their hand in with Lee