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Milford Dart Tunnel

SouthlandJune 4

Hollyford road 'last one standing'

The Fiordland Link Monorail was assigned to history's dustbin yesterday.
QueenstownDecember 10

Monorail support, but decision not made - Smith

The controversial monorail proposal linking Queenstown to Te Anau Downs and subsequently Milford Sound could soon be approved.
Monorail support, but decision not made - Smith
Monorail support, but decision not made - Smith
QueenstownJuly 17

No to bus tunnel plan

Southland Mayor Frana Cardno had tears in her eyes yesterday after Conservation Minister Nick Smith announced he had refused concession for a commercial bus tunnel through two national parks - a decision he described as ''conservative''.
No to bus tunnel plan
No to bus tunnel plan
QueenstownJune 13

World Heritage status safe, Smith says

Construction of the Milford Dart tunnel would not cost Fiordland its World Heritage status, Conservation Minister Nick Smith said yesterday.
World Heritage status safe, Smith says
World Heritage status safe, Smith says
QueenstownMarch 1

Invited to make a submission

The group which presented a petition opposing the Milford Dart tunnel to Parliament has been invited to make a submission to a select committee on the Department of Conservation (Doc) concession process.
Invited to make a submission
Invited to make a submission
QueenstownDecember 5

Report on Milford damned as flawed

A report commissioned by Environment Southland considering access options to Milford Sound is flawed and of no use, Southland Mayor Frana Cardno says.
SouthlandAugust 16

Wilkinson 'dodging responsibility' over tunnel

Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson must make the final decision on whether to allow the Milford Dart Tunnel, Green Party conservation spokeswoman Eugenie Sage said yesterday.
QueenstownAugust 9

Parks' status in question

Unesco is keeping a close eye on the Fiordland and Mt Aspiring national parks and their status as a World Heritage site may be under threat from two controversial commercial proposals.
Parks' status in question
Parks' status in question
EditorialJuly 20

Passion and due process

Few issues provoke such emotional responses as proposals to develop New Zealand's precious conservation land. This has been evidenced by any number of examples, such as the 1959 to 1972 Save Manapouri campaign, through to the more recent reaction to the Government's proposal to consider opening up to mining some areas of schedule 4 conservation land. National parks are considered by many to be sacred, in which man-made development or disturbance should be forbidden.
Passion and due process
Passion and due process
QueenstownJune 20

Thousands protest tunnel

The online petition created by Glenorchy woman Patricia Ko opposing the proposed Milford Dart tunnel has made international headlines with the growing number of signatures it is receiving.
Thousands protest tunnel
Thousands protest tunnel
QueenstownMay 4

Milford bus tunnel 'technically viable'

Milford Dart Ltd's proposal to build an 11.6km, $150 million commercial bus tunnel through two national parks was "technically viable" and the tunnel could be constructed and operated within environmental and safety constraints, the company's engineering expert says.
QueenstownMarch 28

Tunnel backers prepare for round two

Tunnel backers prepare for round two
Tunnel backers prepare for round two
QueenstownMarch 21

Costs for hearing'outrageous'

The cost to Milford Dart Ltd for hearings into its proposed $150 million Dart Passage Tunnel was "outrageous", coming in at a total of $70,000 for 10 days of hearings, MDL director Michael Sleigh told the Otago Daily Times yesterday.
QueenstownMarch 21

Effects of building tunnel compared to cancer

A Queenstown resident yesterday compared the "minor" effects of the proposed Dart Passage Tunnel construction to terminal cancer and told Department of Conservation hearings chairman Paul Green and assistant Chris Visser "I'll see you at the funeral".
QueenstownMarch 21

Emotional pleas against Milford tunnel

Emotions ran high during the first day of a scheduled five-day hearing into the proposed Milford Dart Passage in Queenstown yesterday, with one Glenorchy resident crying as she read her submission.
Emotional pleas against Milford tunnel
Emotional pleas against Milford tunnel
QueenstownMarch 20

Doc told to 'speak for the trees'

The Department of Conservation was compared to Dr Seuss' The Lorax in Queenstown yesterday, tasked with speaking for the trees "for the trees have no tongue", yet remaining silent when its voice needed to be heard.
Doc told to 'speak for the trees'
Doc told to 'speak for the trees'
QueenstownMarch 20

Milford Dart tunnel impossible to mitigate: submitter

An overwhelming sense of disbelief has been voiced this week during Queenstown hearings on the controversial Milford Dart Ltd proposal to construct a $150 million, 11.3km tunnel through two national parks.
QueenstownMarch 13

SDC backs call for veto of tunnel-concession application

The business case behind the controversial $150 million Milford Dart Tunnel proposal has "some major flaws and, therefore, a large risk of failure", the Southland District Council told a public hearing this week.
NewsFebruary 24

Dart tunnel submissions pour in

More than 1000 submissions on the $150 million Milford Dart Tunnel had been received by the Department of Conservation (Doc) by noon yesterday, five hours before submissions closed.