Kiwis Against Seabed Mining

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Trans Tasman Resources' 100% owner, Australian company Manuka Resources (MKR),yesterday published its annual report, which contains this warning from the auditors.
Yet this company is now selling shares on the NZX.
#nzpol
#stopthefasttrack
#banseabedmining

KASM calls on Bishop to reign in Shane Jones on Fast-Track interference PRESS RELEASE Kiwis Against Seabed Mining has requested the Minister in charge of the Fast-Track, Chris Bishop, to refuse Minister Shane Jones’ request to meet with the Fast-Track Panel Convenors, arg...

No, Shane Jones, you cannot monster the Fast-Track panel convenors. We call on Bishop to reign him in
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So the Fast-Track panel convenor unimpressed with wannabe seabed mining company TTR’s lack of mahi on its application. Huge gaps remain
Her memo 🔥🔥
#nzpol #banseabedmining #defendthedeep
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The New Plymouth District Council just voted overwhelmingly to oppose #seabedmining! Absolutely awesome mahi by Councillor Amanda Clinton-Gohdes for her incredibly detailed proposal. Absolute legend. But totally the right decision!
#defendthedeep

Lies, damned lies and Trans Tasman Resources It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair By Cindy BaxterI had to steel myself as I tuned in to watch Trans Tas...

Hear the wannabe seabed miners on the radio this morning? Wonder if he's telling the truth? He's not. Here's just one clear example of the exaggeration and lies #nzpol #banseabedmining #defendthedeep
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Anne Salmond: What’s wrong with the Regulatory Standards Bill Opinion: Nine reasons why Act's legislation on regulation is flawed and should not pass

if you didn't have enough reasons to make a submission against the Regulatory Standards Bill, Anne Salmond gives you ten more. Submissions close 23 June.
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It’s hard to sum up the joy and strength of opposition to #seabedmining across the motu today. Here’s some of the images
#defendthedeep

Huge day today with 7 paddle outs from Pōneke to Maukatia Bay, Muriwai to voice our collective opposition to #seabedmining. Join us! Bring a sign, a board, or just yourself and whanau
#defendthedeep #banseabedmining
Full details here

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here's the second lot - from Port Waikato north.
... because if the TTR Taranaki project goes ahead, this opens the floodgates to all the other mining companies who want to get to our black sand
#banseabedmining #protectourmoana #kikorangi

Are you a surfer? Do you love & want to protect our Moana? This Sunday: World Oceans Day - there will be paddle-outs across the North Island's west coast in opposition to #seabed mining, from Pōneke all the way up to Maukatia (Māori) Bay near Muriwai. Can't fit them all in one post! #kikorangi 🧵

Environmental Defence Society strikes procedural fast-track win | EDS The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), the administrating agency of the Fast-Track Approvals Act, has accepted the Environmental Defence Society’s (EDS) contention that it has not been lawfully...

EDS wins procedural point against the EPA on the Fast-track process - the EPA must publish the first application on its website, whether it has accepted it as complete - or not.
#nzpol

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“When we first started opposing this in 2012 there were companies all waiting in the wings for this first application to get across the line and, if it does, it'll be open slather on our coastlines” - @cindybax.bsky.social
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KASM "livid" at government as EPA accepts seabed mining into fast-track process PRESS RELEASE Community organisation Kiwis Against Seabed Mining today slammed the Luxon Government for swinging open the back door to let the seabed miners have another go, at a time when opposition ...

"This dangerous industry has zero public support. TTR has tried & failed multiple times – including losing in the Supreme Court, and yet this Government has handed them another chance through an undemocratic process that disrespects our people and our ocean."
@cindybax.bsky.social
#nzpol #kikorangi

New Caledonia bans 'dangerous' seabed mining for half a century New Caledonia last week imposed a 50-year ban on deep-sea mining across its entire maritime zone – a rare and sweeping move that places.

A 50-year ban on seabed mining? Now we’re talking.
#banseabedmining #defendthedeep #nzpol
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Seabed miners thought they cld pay their $250k fast track fee later. EPA told them they wouldn’t look at their application until they paid.
Finally coughed up over a week later.
This company is struggling with cash - huge financial problems. This is a big 🚩🚩for the govt.
#nzpol

It's little over a week since we launched our petition asking Labour leader Chris Hipkins to take a stand against seabed mining. More than 5,200 people have already signed the petition! Chris Hipkins has responded already, saying Labour opposes seabed mining.

From Hotchin to Atlas: a cautionary tale for corporates mulling a political donation Comment: This week the Electoral Commission published political parties' donations reports. They bear close scrutiny, writes Jonathan Milne.

From critical minerals to the fast-track, coin-operated Shane Jones is raking in the cash from miners: gold, sand, coal, metals.

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PETITION: Take a stand against seabed mining Call on Hipkins to take a stand against seabed mining

Labour's policy on seabed mining is still very unclear.
We need Labour to take a strong stand against Trans-Tasman Resources' application under the Fast-Track act.
It's time to get off the fence, Labour
Looking at you
@rachelbrooking.bsky.social
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Hey #StopDeepSeaMining we’re fighting the world’s first seabed mining project in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Statement on the US Executive Order: ‘Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources’ - International Seabed Authority Statement by Ms. Leticia Reis de Carvalho Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority As Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), I take note of the Executive Order “...

Statement from the International Seabed Authority Sec Gen on Trumps’s exec order purportedly giving seabed miners access to international waters.
To sum it up:
“Nope, donald, you can’t do that”
#stopdeepseamining
#defendthedeep

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cartoon with four people sitting around a fire: "Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders"

indeed he did!
there's also this oldie but such a goodie

Second tranche of this process, designed to shut out the public voice. #kikorangi

Wannabe (Australian) seabed miners Trans Tasman Resources have applied for fast-track consent to dig up 50m tonnes of the seabed a year and dump 45m tonnes back down.
By our reckoning, 9 May is when the EPA must mark the application as “complete”.
Here, we set out the fast-track process
#nzpol

The possibility that Seabed Mining could now go ahead under the Fast Track shows how dangerous the Act is. 🧵

Now let's see the Taranaki Daily News run an article by Trans Tasman Resources Philip Brown in response. They do this every single time there's an anti seabed mining article.
Every.
Single.
Time.
None of his claims factchecked.

Short-term economic gain cannot supersede our environment OPINION: Aotearoa stands at the precipice of a decision that will have irreversible consequences for one of our least understood ecosystems.

“With the self-proclaimed Matua of Mining (Minister Shane Jones) taking a special interest in this venture, Ngāti Ruanui now faces political lobbying, rather than an open, honest discussion around scientific evidence.”
#nzpol #banseabedmining

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Fast-track fiasco: KASM slams seabed mining bid in South Taranaki PRESS RELEASE Wannabe seabed miners Trans Tasman Resources (TTR) have now applied for fast-track approval to dig up the South Taranaki Bight seabed, but community organisation Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) questioned whether the company had done the work required to give the EPA a full picture of the consequences, and whether it has consulted as it should have. The company’s 100% Australian owner Manuka Resources posted a notice to the Australian Stock Exchange today saying yesterday it h

PRESS RELEASE: KASM slams fast-track seabed mining bid

"Under this process, the fast-track panel will hear none of this widespread concern, because our coin-operated government that’s beholden to its industrial funders has shut us out.”
#nzpol #stopseabedmining #stopthefasttrack

Here we go... BREAKING: wannabe seabed miners have now officially applied for fast-track approval to dig up the South Taranaki Bight.
We will fight them on the beaches..

#NZpol