Kiwis Against Seabed Mining: we love our black sands. Hashtag #kasm #blacksand
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PRESS RELEASE:
The government has thrown more fast-track bricks through the glasshouse of democracy today, publishing redacted documents abt projects proposed by privately owned offshore companies, only AFTER the scrutiny of a second reading in Parliament.
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That the government has REDACTED the purported economic benefits of seabed mining from its public release of fast-track applications seems deeply cynical, given the VERY PURPOSE OF THE ACT is ONLY economic benefits.
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Today in Sydney, representatives of Taranaki iwi Ngāti Ruanui, along with six Greenpeace activists, have disrupted the annual general meeting of Manuka Resources, the Australian mining company planning to fast-track seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight.
Rukutai Watene of Ngāti Ruanui interrupted the meeting in Sydney, Australia by taking the floor to outline the reasons that he and his hapū oppose seabed mining in their rohe.
The meeting was abandoned.
Rukutai Watene said “I am unapologetic about interrupting the Manuka Resources shareholders’ AGM. We’ve fought Trans-Tasman Resources three times in court, and three times we’ve won, but now TTR is using the Fast Track and we have to fight them again. From the mountain to the sea, from Aotearoa to Sydney, we will fight to protect our rohe and stop seabed mining from taking place.”
Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Juan Parada says: “We are taking this action today with representatives of Ngāti Ruanui to demonstrate that New Zealanders don’t want seabed mining. It shows Trans-Tasman Resources and Manuka Resources that we shall resist them wherever they are – even here in Australia.
“We’re highlighting the danger that Trans-Tasman Resources may get the chance to revive its zombie seabed mining project via the Fast Track, despite years of community opposition and rejection by the courts.”
ALT Ngāti Ruanui representatives and Greenpeace activists have taken action together at the mining giant Manuka Resources AGM in Sydney to protest its plans to begin seabed mining in Taranaki with Trans-Tasman Resources.
ALT Rukutai Watene of Ngāti Ruanui loudly addressed shareholders, saying that seabed mining was not wanted in Taranaki. And, just as mana whenua there have resisted seabed mining for more than a decade, so they would continue to do now that TTR is seeking to bypass proper process via the fast-track.
ALT Rukutai Watene of Ngāti Ruanui loudly addressed shareholders, saying that seabed mining was not wanted in Taranaki. And, just as mana whenua there have resisted seabed mining for more than a decade, so they would continue to do now that TTR is seeking to bypass proper process via the fast-track.
ALT Rukutai Watene of Ngāti Ruanui loudly addressed shareholders, saying that seabed mining was not wanted in Taranaki. And, just as mana whenua there have resisted seabed mining for more than a decade, so they would continue to do now that TTR is seeking to bypass proper process via the fast-track.
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Great action by Ngati Ruanui and @GreenpeaceNZ, who shut down Manuka Resources AGM in Sydney today. Manuka is the 100% Australian owner of wannabe seabed miners Trans Tasman Resources.
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RT @HelenClarkNZ: Plans for offshore wind energy projects cancelled by investors after #NZ Govt puts controversial seabed mining project in…
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This sums up our government.
A renewable project pulls out of the country because the government believes you can have seabed mining and offshore wind. You can't: they've said this, but have been ignored.
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... the [fast-track] expert panel won't hear expert advice that for blue whales in the South Taranaki Bight, the mining will be like “living next to a vacuum cleaner for 35 years”
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PRESS RELEASE: Trans Tasman Resources forced to retract claim that mining the South Taranaki Bight would bring $1bn a year to govt coffers. It could not verify this claim.
We call on govt to take TTR off the fast-track list.
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“This project will not bring in economic benefits either to the region or the country. It will leave us in a great big mess.
"They don't even know how to get the critical mineral out of the iron sands - they haven't even got a process for how to do that.”
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Interesting to hear TTR's Alan Eggers blatantly lying to @rnz_news - we thought the media's role was to call out lies, not just run them & then get "balance" from the "other side" in very basic he-said-she-said journalism. This is not useful for public & very lazy journalism
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Trans-Tasman Resources has just been given the go ahead under the Fast-Track legislation to start seabed mining off the Taranaki coast. We say NO WAY! Haere atu TTR. The community is united in our opposition to the destruction of the moana. Together, we will stop you.
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We are going to pay for the bad decision making enforced by Fast track law, we are going to pay for loss of tangata whenua and public voices, dictating development always has an enviro and social price - we are going to pay !
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Many of these are going to end up like pine forestry in Tairawhiti - regretted by the local population for generations to come for their destruction and failure to deliver economic benefits. I have no idea why TTR are so desperate to mine these low value ironsands, for starters.
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How is gold mining public interest?
How is losing nationally significant conservation land in the public interest?
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Mining on Public Conservation Land should never be fasttracked. It should be carefully considered and all factors weighed up - including what the community affected wants. This Fasttrack of major inter generational developments is definitely not the right way, nor the kiwi way!
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PRESS RELEASE:
KASM slams government for putting seabed mining on its fast-track list
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