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  • West Coast-Tasman must stop regional decline, election candidates say

    News
    Politics Local Democracy Reporting
    26 Sep 2023
    Incumbent Labour West Coast-Tasman MP, Damien O'Connor, asked voters to judge him based on his record, not on the "rhetoric" from opposition parties.

    Putting a stop to regional decline was a prevailing theme delivered by West Coast-Tasman's hopeful candidates during an election debate.

    West Coast-Tasman must stop regional decline, election candidates say
  • 'A massive win': Court overturns decision to allow new coalmine

    News
    New Zealand Local Democracy Reporting
    20 Apr 2023
    A view from the terrace on the lower slopes of Mt Rochfort and above Te Kuha, looking towards the town of Westport and the Buller River mouth.

    The Environment Court has overturned a decision to allow the development of a new coalmine at Te Kuha, behind Westport.

    Court overturns decision on mine near Westport
  • Should miners have access to conservation land?

    Audio
    environment energy
    8 Nov 2022
    Intact forest from the proposed mining site on conservation land at Te Kuha.

    Patrick Phelps from Minerals West Coast joins the show once again. Tonight he discusses why miners should continue to have access to apply for conservation land. Audio

  • Complex Conversations about the Environment

    Audio 30 Aug 2022

    Patrick Phelps from Minerals West Coast joins us once again. He believes the manner in which environmental issues, big and small, are dissected in the public discourse (conversations in media, social… Audio

  • A Case for Mining on the West Coast

    Audio
    life and society
    21 Jun 2022

    Patrick Phelps from Minerals West Coast is back again - he wants to talk about the social and economic benefits of mining in New Zealand - higher wages and higher productivity in a country that he… Audio

  • New Zealand's Climate Change Performance

    Audio
    environment
    12 Apr 2022

    Patrick Phelps from Minerals West Coast joins us once again, examining some of the claims being made about New Zealand's performance on climate change in the past 30 years. Audio

  • Is The Gold Worth it?

    Audio 26 Jan 2022
    The Wharekirauponga bush in the Coromandel where OceanaGold is planning an underground tunnel to mine gold.

    We follow up on our interview from last night with Patrick Phelps about the extension of OceanNAGold's mine at Wharekirauponga in the Coromandel . Lots and lots of you were moved to get in touch - in… Audio

  • Is the Gold Worth it?

    Audio 25 Jan 2022
    The Wharekirauponga bush in the Coromandel where OceanaGold is planning an underground tunnel to mine gold.

    Patrick Phelps from Minerals West Coast joins us once again. he's taking a look at the extension of OceaniaGold's mine at Wharekirauponga, 10 kilometres north of Waihi. in the Coromandel which is… Audio

  • High price of gold sees surge to prospecting in West Coast

    News
    New Zealand West Coast
    24 Nov 2021
    Dan Gerber

    The West Coast of the South Island has seen a surge of interest from players large and small in gold prospecting.

    High price of gold sees surge to prospecting in West Coast
  • Economic Alternatives to Mining on The West Coast

    Audio 19 Oct 2021
    Campervan on Mount Cook Road with Mount Cook and Lake Pukaki, Mount Cook National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand.

    Patrick Phelps from Minerals West Coast joins us once again to look at how the West Coast might switch its economy from primary and extractive industries, like mining, to the often sugested… Audio

  • Are We Addicted to Coal?

    Audio
    climate
    10 Aug 2021
    Coal Worker With Handful Of Coal (Photo by Monty Rakusen / Cultura Creative / Cultura Creative via AFP)

    Patrick Phelps from Minerals West Coast asks if our problems with coal are about supply or demand. Audio

  • Mining and The Biodiversity Crisis

    Audio
    environment
    1 Jun 2021
    New Zealand has the ambitious goal of getting rid of seven species of predators by 2050 to help preserve native biodiversity.

    Patrick Phelps from Minerals West Coast joins us once again. Tonight he's looking at mining and New Zealand's biodiversity crisis. With 4,000 at risk species. what's the future of the mining sector in… Audio

  • Climate Commission and The Mining Industry

    Audio
    climate West Coast
    23 Mar 2021

    Patrick Phelps from Minerals West Coast takes a look at the Climate Change Commission's report from the perspective of the West Coast mining industry and the policies they'd like to see as a result. Audio

  • Climate Change report puts West Coast economy at risk - Minerals West Coast

    Audio
    economy climate
    2 Feb 2021
    Okarito bay and lagoon, West Coast.

    Mining interests believe proposals within the first official report from the Climate Change Commission put at risk the economy of the West Coast - and by extension - the whole country.

    The new report… Audio

  • How dirty is NZ coal? Mining lobby faces conservationists

    News
    New Zealand Local Democracy Reporting
    21 Nov 2020
    No caption

    Coal plays a small part in greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand, Minerals West Coast manager Patrick Phelps told West Coast Tai Poutini Conservation Board this month.

    How dirty is NZ coal? Mining lobby faces conservationists
  • Mining and the Transition to Carbon Neutral

    Audio
    environment
    10 Nov 2020

    Patrick Phelps from Minerals West Coast joins us once again. Tonight he looks at how the mining industry can transition to Carbon Neutral. What this might mean for the West Coast and indeed, whether… Audio

  • The Case for Mining on Conservation Land

    Audio 1 Sep 2020

    Patrick Phelps from Minerals West Coast joins us once again. He'll be looking at the issue of mining on conservation land and in areas with sensitive biodiversity values. Audio

  • Gold Mining in New Zealand

    Audio 23 Jun 2020
    OceanaGold mining truck working the Macraes mine, Otago, New Zealand. Caterpillar 785C

    Patrick Phelps from Minerals West Coast joins us once again. Tonight he takes a look at the gold mining industry. Audio

  • West Coast businesses push for earlier end to level 4 restrictions

    News
    Business economy
    16 Apr 2020
    The Stockton mine on the West Coast.

    Businesses on the West Coast say they should be allowed to open their doors ahead of other regions where Covid-19 cases are a lot higher.

    West Coast businesses push for earlier end to level 4 restrictions
  • Coronavirus: West Coast keen to open up ahead of other regions

    Audio
    business rural
    16 Apr 2020
    The Stockton mine on the West Coast.

    Businesses on the West Coast of the South Island say with only a handful of Covid-19 cases, they should be the first to be allowed to open their doors.

    The government will set out today what Alert… Audio

  • West Coast Coal in 2020

    Audio
    energy
    14 Apr 2020

    Coal has been deemed an essential service during the lockdown. Minerals West Coast's Patrick Phelps explains what coal is being used for in New Zealand today. Audio

  • Mining On The West Coast

    Audio 4 Feb 2020

    Tonight's after dinner speaker is Patrick Phelps who was for a while our Overseas Correspondent from China. He's back in Aotearoa and back on the West Coast working for Minerals West Coast, a… Audio

  • Overseas Correspondent - Patrick Phelps in China

    Audio 1 Aug 2019

    Our China correspondent Patrick Phelps has just landed back in New Zealand and is in to tell Bryan all about his time in China and what's going on in Xinjiang and the growing protests against… Audio

  • Nights Over seas Correspondent

    Audio 9 May 2019

    This week's oversees correspondent - our man in China - and he is back in China, former R N Z Reporter, now Nanjing Student, Patrick Phelps. Audio

  • China Bullet - Patrick Phelps

    Audio
    life and society
    21 Feb 2019

    Our China correspondent Patrick Phelps has actually popped back to the West Coast of the South Island for a wee holiday, but he's been keeping an eye on things back in China. Audio

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