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Submissions

The Endangered Species Foundation is a registered charitable organisation supporting high-priority conservation projects that protect New Zealand’s most vulnerable indigenous species and habitats from extinction. We aim to save the 'Rarest of the Rare'. Here are some of the submissions we make ourselves, and those we support from others to protect Aotearoa's most endangered species.

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Submission RE Draft Critical Minerals List 2024

Aggregate and sand don’t meet the criteria for critical minerals. These materials are neither rare nor at risk of supply shortages, nor are they indispensable for producing critical products. 

9 October 2024

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Submission Against the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

This Bill represents a significant threat to the protection and management of Aotearoa New Zealand’s freshwater resources, the endangered species that depend on them, and the rights of tangata whenua under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

26 June 2024

Submission against
Fast-Track Bill 2024

The Fast Track Bill, if passed, would grant unprecedented powers to corporations to exploit our country's resources without any input from experts or the public. This bill overrides crucial environmental protection legislation, silencing the voices of iwi, community and environmental groups.

11 April 2024

Submission on Fisheries Industry Transformation Plan

Submission to Minister of Oceans and Fisheries for alternative five point plan for NZ fisheries.

11 June 2023

Manta Ray

ESF submission - Hauraki Gulf Fisheries Plan 2023

Submission to MPI

28 February 2023

ESF submission - Hauraki Gulf Consultation 2022

Submission to DoC

25 October 2022

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Off-shore sand mining application at Pakiri declined

Auckland Council Decision

6 May 2022

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ESF Submission - Sand extraction at Pakiri

Applicant: McCallum Bros Ltd

1 DECEMBER 2021

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Te Whānau o Pakiri Submission - sand extraction at Pakiri

Applicant: McCallum Bros Ltd

1 DECEMBER 2021

River

Zero Waste Submission - Collective Māori Voice

Submission by Para Kore

9 DECEMBER 2021

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Statement of evidence
by Olivia Haddon for
Te Whānau o Pakiri

Applicant: Kaipara Ltd

18 FEBRUARY 2021

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Submission in response to the resource consent application to extract sand offshore at Pakiri.
Expert evidence on birds by Ian Southey

Applicant: Kaipara Ltd

18 FEBRUARY 2021

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