Coal Mining
Climate change film explores mining in Australia
New documentary Walanbaa Ngiiyani, Stronger Together follows students visiting mega coal mines and gas wells in Australia. Audio
Under Five Hundy - Nightcaps
Nightcaps residents are pleased newcomers are moving in to town and are renovating old homes. The population has fallen to about 350 but every day 120 people start work in the Southland town. Audio
West Coast coal mine case heard
The future of a coal mine being proposed on West Coast public reserve land near Westport is being argued at the High Court in Christchurch.
Forest & Bird accuses govt of 'dirty deals' with mine sale
Forest and Bird says the Government's sale of the Stockton coal mine on the West Coast is corporate welfare of the worst kind. Forest and Bird chief executive Kevin Hague joins us. Audio
DOC issues ambivalent coal mine submission
The Department of Conservation is being accused of failing in its conservation role after it made a neutral submission on a proposed West Coast coal mine.
Another West Coast mine likely to close
Bathurst Resources' open cast coal mine on the Denniston Plateau north of Westport is likely to close.
Spectrum:The Town That Wouldn't Lie Down
A colourful portrait of Blackball, told from the vantage point of 1975 - four years after the government closed The Paparoa Mine at Roa. With the great days of coal gone, the inhabitants of this West… Audio
Open-cast mine proposed near Westport
A coal-mining consortium has applied for mining access to 12 hectares of conservation land on the West Coast.
McClay tells Solid Energy to support Huntly mine workers
The State-Owned Enterprises Minister Todd McClay says he has asked Solid Energy to make sure Huntly East mine workers are supported. Audio