The Environment Court has rejected plans for a new West Coast coal mine, at Te Kuha.
The proposed 150-hectare mine near Westport is home to numerous plants and animals at risk or threatened with extinction, such as roroa great spotted kiwi and the South Island fernbird.
Mt Te Kuha mine site. Photo: Neil Silverwood
Forest and Bird has been fighting since 2017, when it challenged a resource-consent decision for the mine.
Forest & Bird Chief Executive Nicola Toki spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
