- Support the occupation! (more information)
- Send a postcard to the government (see below)
- Send a virtual postcard (see below)
- Donate to the campaign (see below).
- Write letters to your local newspaper.
- Print and distribute Happy Valley posters (PDF [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] )
- Sign up to the announcement list to stay up to date and to learn about upcoming events and protests. (see below).
- Contact and get involved in a local group that is working to oppose the mine (see the About Us and Contact Us pages).
- Make sure you know the issues around Happy Valley, coal-mining and climate change - spread the word!
Email the Ministers
Write an email now to express your concerns about the planned mine in Happy Valley. It is time the Government took control of their state owned enterprise!
Helen Clark (pm@ministers.govt.nz)
Prime Minister
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
Steve Chadwick (schadwick@ministers.govt.nz)
Minister of Conservation
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
Trevor Mallard (tmallard@ministers.govt.nz)
Minister of State Owned Enterprises
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
David Benson-Pope (dbenson-pope@ministers.govt.nz)
Minister for the Environment
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
Send a Postcard to the Government
There are postcards available to be filled in to voice your opposition to the Happy Valley mine and sent to the Prime Minister Helen Clark, Minister of Conservation Chris Carter and Minister of State Owned Enterprises Trevor Mallard. We strongly encourage that you get hold of a set of these yourself, or some for friends too, and send them away!
For your postcards, please contact:
The Green Room
16 Bedford Row
Christchurch
(03) 372 1375
chchgreens@greens.org.nz
There are posters also available, for a donation ($2 recommended).
Send a Virtual Postcard
Send a virtual postcard to:
- Steve Chadwick - Minister of Conservation
- Trevor Mallard - Minister of State Owned Enterprises
- Helen Clark - Prime Minister
Start Working with a Local Group
There are many groups around the country working towards stopping Solid Energy going ahead with its mine. Please consider getting in contact with your local group and getting fully involved in organising against this mine! Visit the Contact Us page, and see if there is a local group listed, otherwise contact us at our main email address and we can point you to a group near you and help you get in touch with them.
Donations
The Save Happy Valley Campaign also welcomes donations. Running a campaign does cost money and all the people involved in the campaign are doing it in their own time with their own money, so any monetary help would be really appreciated.
If you would like to set up a regular donation to us, please download the Automatic Payment form (PDF) or email us and we'll send one out to you. A regular donation of just $5 helps us out a lot!
Alternatively you can make a one-off donation. Cheques can be made out to "Save Happy Valley Campaign" and sent to
Save Happy Valley Campaign
PO Box 9263
Te Aro
Wellington
Direct transfers are also welcome. Our account details are:
Account name: Save Happy Valley Campaign
Account number: 38-9003-0334146-00
Announcement List
Please sign up to the Save Happy Valley announcement list. This is a very low traffic list with occasional updates about the campaign, latest news, upcoming events and protests. If you want to stay informed or are interested in coming along to various events send an email to contact@savehappyvalley.org.nz with the words "Announcement List" in the subject to sign up.
