http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1308/S00219.htm Public silenced on oil well consents Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 3:04 pm Press Release: Green Party 13 August 2013 Public silenced on oil well consents The Gisborne District Council is wrong to deny residents a say on the first proposed oil well in the district, the Green Party said today. “An international corporation should not be allowed to apply for consents to drill an oil well on the East Coast without public input,” said Green Party energy spokesperson Gareth Hughes. [....]