Forest & Bird seek to overturn land exchange for Ruataniwha

Forest & Bird seek to overturn land exchange for Ruataniwha
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth Dec. 8 (BusinessDesk) - Environmental lobby the Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society of New Zealand will today argue in court that the Department of Conservation shouldn't have allowed a land exchange deal letting 22 hectares of Ruahine Forest Park be flooded as part of the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme.  The case will be heard in the High Court in Wellington today before Justice Matthew Palmer, where Forest & Bird is seeking to overturn the director-general of conservation's decision revoking the conservation status of...