Should we mine our national parks?

By Joe

i think we should mine those land maybe not mine all the land all at once but have one active mine to reduce the damage to our tourism. But for all those people who are anti mining, ever wondered why so many kiwis go to australia? Its because they are mining over there. Being a miner gives you a job and money. Also if we were to open cast mine these areas we wont leave a GIANT land scar, we will fill up that land scar with the dirt and rock that was taken out, returning the land back to its original self or even better!

By kelsey (11)

i really disagree these people think its ok to do this but it isint they just think they can do what ever they whant but money isint the only thing in the world there are more things in the world like our beautiful national parks and tourism industries.

By THANDO NXABELA

really i must disagree with everyone who are so narrow minded to think so little of the beauty surrounding us today. i dont want to have to describe to my grandchildren one day how an elephant looks like? i want them to experience it with their own true eyes. what happens if the resources run out? WHERE will our animals go when these greedy people start building their mines and really finishing our resourses? theres so much doubt that our future generation will benefit from these mines because resources do run out.I'm sure socialists would be thinking, well what about the money needed in the economy? WELL FOR ECONOMYS SAKE,why not utelise the money coming in from ecotourism which i trust will continue to benenfit countries part taking in such activities in generations to come, while foundationing our structures on something that ought to run out. i believe that it would be much wiser to conserve money, create jobs and let our great grandchildren experience what we are taking advantage of today!

By THABET HADDADIN

PERMITS TO BE GIVEN TO SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE COMPANIES, SO THE GOVT. CAN HANDLE THEM IF THEY ABUSE THE ENVIRONMENT , LRG COMPANIES SEEMS TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO TWIST EVERY ONES ARM INCLUDING THE GOVT. AND THEY WILL ONLY COUNT THERE PENNIES AND GO, WE NEED RESPONSIBLE MINING BY RESPONSIBLE KIWIS , SO I WOULD VOTE YES FOR SMALLER COMPANIES RATHER THAN LRG. FOREIGN COMPANIES. SO NO NEED TO DAMAGE ANY EQUIPMENTS, AND WE DO NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT TOURISM IS DECLINING INTERNATIONALLY AND IN NEWZEALAND, AND WE CAN NOT SEE IT IMPROVING IN THIS CURRENT DEPRESSION. SO YES TO RESPONSIBLE MINING, AND IN BUSINESS WE SAY SMALL IS QUOTE.

By djkfkdf

this is bs

By Jeffrey Huffadine

If the NATS want mining done on Conservation land that is precious to us all and invest in $140billion dollars and be like Australia where that country is rich in minerals whereas NZ is a small country of the same value but also rich in minerals then this country will be ruined.I say protect our conservation land but not mine on it.

By Tony

We are in a financial mess. If we don't do something about it we will end up owned by the Chinese. We will be poor coolie labourers while they rape our country. But - to fend it off we have to do more than mine. We have to rein in our spending - stop the house price cycle properly. Lower the value of the dollar so we can reduce our overseas debt by more competitive exporting. If we don't do these things first any money we get from mining will just go into a black hole, supporting our inefficient, social wlefare favoured economy. Fix our country first. Then mine our one off resources.

By lee

I get so annoyed by this constant opinion in this country by a few crazy cult followers of the environmental movement that we cannot take advantage of our natural resources sustainably and still retain its beauty. There is no need to have one over the other, tourism and mining can co exist in todays market. With advancement in technology and better management techniques you can access these minerals without too much disruption to the surrounding landscape and more often than not the landscape is returned to a better state than originally found. I studied natural resource management at varsity and found that often these people (tree huggers) belonged to this movement more out of a sense of religious following and belonging to a group than any real desire to change the world. If we dont start making some hard descisions around this and power production we wil slip into the third world. Being held ransom by wealthy celebritys who are using there ridiculous status to push there world view onto society does nothing but confuse the facts.Get real NZ and grow up