A members bill put forwarded by Green party MP Eugenie Sage that would have prevented further mining on conservation land has failed without support from the Labour party.

Previous Labour party policy was to have no new mining, but they have now proposed a review of DOC land instead of an outright mining prohibition.

Casper spoke to Coromandel Watchdog chair Catherine Delahunty about the bill, why many believed it to be important and how it's failure may contradict Labour’s promises.