CANA Summerfest Postponed
Unfortunately, due to a range of factors including COVID, personal commitments and everything else that’s happening in Southland, we’ve decided not to hold CANA’s Summerfest 2022 in January near Gore as...
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Newsletter Feb/March 2013
Coal Action Network Aotearoa Newsletter Feb/Mar 2013 Kia Ora Koutou Welcome to the Coal Action Network Aotearoa’s first newsletter for 2013! As you are all very much aware, Solid Energy has gone into freefall. Not only has CEO...
Read MoreSummerfest 2013: The View From Southland
The 2013 Keep the Coal in the Hole Summer Festival was organised by Coal Action Murihiku (CAM), the Southland regional group affiliated with the Coal Action Network Aotearoa. So it seems appropriate to highlight a couple of...
Read MoreSouthland lignite proposals “100% stupidity” Aussie farmer tells meeting
Press release The idea of digging up fertile farmland for lignite coal was “100% stupidity,” an Australian farmer told a Southland meeting today. Rob McCreath was addressing the “Keep the Coal in the Hole” summer festival in...
Read MoreOne year on: Solid’s coal remains mostly in the hole
Press Release, 15 January 2013 When activists gathered a year ago near Mataura in Southland for the first “Keep the Coal in the Hole” Summer Festival, New Zealand was facing what looked like a massive, four-part, assault on the...
Read MoreSummer Festival Registration Deadline Extended
If you were thinking of attending the 2013 Keep the Coal in the Hole Summer Festival, but hadn’t quite got round to registering by the original deadline of last Thursday, here’s some good news: Coal Action Murihiku,...
Read MoreOur Land, Our Water, Our Future – Worth Fighting For
Rob McCreath, our main guest speaker at the 2013 Keep the Coal in the Hole Summer Festival, has kindly agreed to speak in Dunedin on his way south – Wed 16 January 7pm at English Language Matters, Level 2 Evan Parry House,...
Read MoreSummerfest 2013 – And What We’ve Achieved Since Summerfest 2012
The 2013 Keep the Coal in the Hole Summer Festival runs from 18-21 January, which means that it starts in a fortnight’s time! And registrations are due to close on 10 January, which means that you should hurry if you want...
Read MoreCoal Action Network Aotearoa Newsletter November/December 2012
Hi all Coal Action supporters, Are the lignite projects dead, or just dormant? Why have so many directors left the Solid Energy Board? Who are the keynote speakers at Summerfest? And what went on at the Doha climate talks, where...
Read MoreSummerfest 2013: The Keep The Coal In The Hole Summer Festival is on again
CANA’s Keep the Coal in the Hole Summer Festival in January 2012 was a great success. It brought people from all over the country to meet with and get to know Southland people opposed to Solid Energy’s massive plans...
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