The submission period has now closed and over 39,000 submissions have been received. The Government has indicated it will analyse the submissions and made a decision by the end of June.

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• Forest and Bird
• Greenpeace
• Green Party
• Federated Mountain Clubs (DOC)
• Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ
• Coromandel Watchdog

Other submissions

• Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
• New Zealand Conservation Authority (letter to Minister)
• International Union for the Conservation or Nature and Natural Resources (NZ committee)
• Environmental Defence Society (PDF)
• NZ Deerstalkers Association (PDF)
• Geologist Stephen Leary (PDF)

Additional research

Forest & Bird commissioned independent economist Geoff Bertram from Simon Terry Associates to look at the economic function of Schedule 4. Three research reports were appended to Forest & Bird's submission:

• Conservation land and the Social Covenant (PDF 150kb) considers the history of Schedule 4 and its legal and moral status as a protection mechanism.
• Valuing Mineral resources (PDF 150kb) considers the economic benefit figures advanced by the Government.
• Mining’s impact on Tourism (PDF 150kb) considers the real and potential impacts of mining in Schedule 4 areas.