{"id":538,"date":"2016-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/press-release\/greenpeace-calls-out-meaningless-moratorium\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T14:58:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T02:58:47","slug":"greenpeace-calls-out-meaningless-moratorium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-calls-out-meaningless-moratorium\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace calls out meaningless moratorium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greenpeace is calling out the Hawke\u2019s Bay Regional Council on a so-called moratorium on the Ruataniwha dam.<\/p>\n<p>The Council is voting on a \u201cmoratorium\u201d on the dam today. Greenpeace understands this will not include a prohibition on the Council&#8217;s own legal action to acquire specially protected conservation land.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be misleading of the Council to tell the public that a moratorium is in place when in truth it is still supporting a ratepayer-funded legal bid to drown protected conservation land to make way for the Ruataniwha dam,&#8221; said Greenpeace campaigner Genevieve Toop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe definition of moratorium is a temporary prohibition of activity.\u00a0 That should include this legal activity and we are calling on the Council to pull out of the case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Council&#8217;s investment arm, HBRIC along with Minister of Conservation were yesterday granted leave to appeal a previous Court of Appeal decision that found downgrading specially protected conservation land to make way for the dam was unlawful.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Conservation land belongs to all New Zealanders and not to companies wanting to destroy it for private profit,&#8221; Toop said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Council\u2019s investment arm pursues and wins this case, 22ha of protected conservation land would be drowned. 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