{"id":63952,"date":"2024-06-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=63952"},"modified":"2024-08-27T10:32:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T22:32:23","slug":"the-fast-track-projects-that-we-know-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/the-fast-track-projects-that-we-know-of\/","title":{"rendered":"The fast-track projects that we know of"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Fast Track Bill<\/a> could see damaging developments in many areas we know and love here in Aotearoa. We could see precious forests and oceans turned into open-cast mines, rivers and lakes turned into sewers and precious wildlife condemned to extinction.<\/p>\n\n

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The Bill and the process around it is undemocratic, secretive and wide open to corruption. Almost 50,000 people made submissions, and 2,900 asked to be heard by the select committee, but less than half of those people were allowed to speak. Over 20,000 people hit the streets in Auckland to protest the fast track bill<\/a> and Luxon’s War on Nature<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

The projects that could be enabled by the fast track would be many and diverse, but we don\u2019t know what they all are because the Government has refused to reveal that detail.<\/p>\n\n

However, we do know that some projects are likely to be fast-tracked – either because the companies responsible for them have publicly signalled that they\u2019ll apply or because Chris Bishop explicitly invited them to apply.<\/p>\n\n

We\u2019ve pulled together a non-exhaustive list of all the projects that we know could be fast-tracked through this dangerously anti-environment legislation.<\/p>\n\n

1. Pakiri Beach<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
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Pakiri Beach is a beautiful, white sand dune beach, eyed up for sand mining by dredging company McCallum Brothers. This scheme risks destroying the dunes, the seabed and a wide variety of wildlife, including rare fairy terns. The Environment Court has said this development cannot go ahead, but this is likely to be overridden under the new fast-track legislation.<\/p>\n\n

2. Ruahine Forest Park, Hawkes Bay<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
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