The Negative Impacts of the Conservation Amendment Bill w/ University of Auckland’s Jacqueline Beggs: 9 July, 2026
A controversial clause in the Conservation Amendment Bill that would allow more conservation land to be sold has been removed. However, environmental advocates are still calling for the Bill to be scrapped. Submissions on the Bill to the Environment Select Committee have also been extended, and are open until midday on Monday 13 July. Wire Host Caeden spoke to Professor Jacqueline Beggs from the University of Auckland School of Biological Sciences, who has English, Scottish, Irish, and Ngāti Awa ancestry, about why the Bill still poses a threat to the interests of Māori and to conservation…
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