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Tangata Whenua, Tangata Moana, mokopuna, tupuna.
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The delay until at least 2032 shows the Cook Is govt is feeling pressure from a growing movement that knows seabed mining is too risky, too destructive, and nowhere near the “economic benefit for all” it’s being sold as.
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Cook Islands seabed mining decision delayed following local opposition - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace says news a decision on whether seabed mining can occur in the Cook Islands will now be delayed until at least 2032, is evidence of the growing opposition to the destructive industry in the...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency
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Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency - Greenpeace Aotearoa
The amendment to the Wildlife Act, New Zealand’s foundational wildlife protection law, was passed under urgency today and allows the Director-General of Conservation to grant companies permission to k...
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May 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Greenpeace is calling on the opposition Labour Party leader, Chris Hipkins, to take a public stand and pledge that seabed mining will never happen under a Labour-led government.

greenpeace.nz/take-a-stand...

#BanSeabedMining #ProtectTheOceans
April 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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What I observed in Ōpunake a week ago was an activation of people from all walks of life - Mana moana, young people, surfers, farmers, NGOs, tangata tiriti, tangata whenua - on this one waka, energise and ready to send TTR on its way and stop seabed mining before it gets a chance to start
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It was so good to be in Ōpunake to support a paddle-out in protest against seabed mining on the weekend. Make sure to sign out petition that calls on Chris Hipkins to take a stand against seabed mining.

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#BanSeabedMining
May 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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The momentum against seabed mining is growing. A new group opposing South Taranaki seabed mining wants voters to use local elections to embolden councillors against wannabe miners.

#BanSeabedMining #ProtectTheOceans

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Embolden your councils: Seabed mining critics call on voters
A new group opposing South Taranaki seabed mining wants voters to use local elections to embolden councillors against would-be miners.
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May 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Help us convince Chris Hipkins to make a stand!
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PETITION: Take a stand against seabed mining
Call on Hipkins to take a stand against seabed mining
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May 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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NZ's wannabe Trump backs the wannabe seabed miners to rip up 50 million tons of the South Taranaki seabed every year for 35 years to get something we don't even need, while an Aussie mining company profits from the destruction.

#BanSeabedMining #nzpol
'No apologies': Luxon bullish on fast-tracking seabed mining application
The Prime Minister praised Whanganui's council during a visit to the district.
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May 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Greenpeace pledges continued fight against seabed mining as Australian miners lodge EPA appl. Nobody wants to destroy the seabed or see marine life threatened & 1000s are prepared to take action to stop SBM before it gets to start www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Greenpeace pledges continued fight against seabed mining as Australian miners lodge EPA application - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace says it will continue the fight to stop seabed mining starting in Aotearoa after Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) announced it has reapplied to the Environmental Protection Authority via the Fa...
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April 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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This Luxon govt so badly wants to simp for grossly rich polluters, at the expense of their own rights and damn their grandkids’ wellbeing while they’re at. 🤢🤮 What an embarrassment this govt is.
March 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Reason # 7365 to #StopSeabedMining b4 it starts. “blue whales are successfully breeding off the Taranaki coast, but their future is under threat from climate change.” Luxon govt’s already weak & reckless on biodiversity, climate & SBM will be the nail in the coffin www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
Mysteries of the blue whales - and their power place off the Taranaki coast
Marine heatwaves are becoming more frequent in Taranaki and these could have devastating consequences for the whale’s food source and reproduction cycles.
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March 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Colonisers of the Global Nth have exploited the Pacific for ‘resources’, land, nuclear testing, militarism & never meaningfully compensated or apologised for their destruction. Who could ever believe the greenwash used by wannabe deep sea miners to justify destroying our ocean?
March 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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“Results found 39% (around 1.5 mil adults) concerned abt how the coalition is performing, 38% disappointed, 34% frustrated, and 24% were angry…Govt’s performance is making only 10% feel pleased, 5% excited, 4% proud, & 4%inspired.” Zzz 😴 www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
New poll highlights voter ‘concerns’ with coalition Government
More than a third of New Zealand First voters are ‘disappointed’ with the Government too, which poses a serious re-election risk for the party.
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March 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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McCallum Bros is applying for consent to mine sand. “Website states it is their way of being transparent.” Using Fast Track to bypass pub consultation & environment checks is disingenuous, just like TransTasman Resources’ lack of good faith w Taranaki communities on seabed mining
March 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Third fire in 5 yrs for Global Metal Solutions, Papakura… same crowd applying for waste incineration in Te Awamutu. Just another reason the community s/be v concerned. Too many risks to human health, environment, food sources & climate www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Firefighters still at scene of metal recycling plant fire in Papakura
The fire is now contained, and under control, but not yet out, Fire and Emergency says.
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March 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Can't stop thinking about how you could cash out the family benefit for a house deposit in the 69s and 70s:

"At $6 per week, the capitalised amount payable for a child from birth to 16 would be $4992 ... [this] would represent $86,000 in today's dollars"

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Family Benefit paid home deposit
A few weeks ago I wrote about the rate of home ownership in New Zealand.
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March 6, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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“Quite often institutionalised racism is done by accident. This is purposeful, deliberate knowing act…” Imagine ignoring expert advice that would keep ppl well & alive bc some might accuse Māori, Pacific of privileges for bowel cancer diagnoses earlier in life www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Bowel cancer free screening age lowered to 58, funding pulled from Māori programme
The age for free screenings will go from 60 to 58, but using money previously set aside to give Māori and Pacific access to tests from 50. A cancer network is calling it "institutionalised racism".
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March 6, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Mark Brown & Cook Is govt continue to make significant steps toward seabed mining. Soon they’ll be @ the point of no return. Either caught in deals w wannabe miners or auctioning off cultural heritage, identity, marine life & precious ecosyst to predators frm global nth www.rnz.co.nz/internationa...
Cook Islands strikes deal with China on seabed minerals
The Cook Islands said Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching the Pacific nation's seabed mineral riches.
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February 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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1/2 Long-standing Pacific opposition to deep sea mining asserts mana & birth-righted guardianship of their homes, cite the authority & necessity of Indigenous voices & Indig Knowledge Systems in any decisions that pertain to their homes, which incl the ocean
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Pacific civil society groups send clear message to ban deep sea mining - Greenpeace Aotearoa
A broad group of Pacific civil society groups are calling for an outright ban on deep sea mining.
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February 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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The undersigned NGOs demonstrate strong & growing resistance across Te Moananui a Kiwa, fighting against a new form of extractivism & colonisation.
More than a dozen NGOs call for total ban on deep seabed mining as Pacific leaders meet in Fiji
Pacific Blue Line collective, made up of women, youth, faith-based, and environmental organisations, is demanding "for an outright ban on deep sea mining" as Pacific leaders meet in Fiji.
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February 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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⁉️ “The agency is paying for the set-up costs associated with running the process using a Crown loan it did not want to take out.
It says running the fast-track process is an "uncomfortable fit" for an agency whose purpose is protecting human health & the environment.”
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Environmental Protection Authority will end up defaulting on loan if too few developers use government's fast-track process
It plans to repay the loan over five years using application levies from would-be beneficiaries of the shortened route planning approval.
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February 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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As someone who was injured and reported it to police I think it’s interesting the article says otherwise. There were multiple assaults, blood drawn, assaulted teenagers etc. The article really undersells the vibe.
February 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Join me at LIVE: The Greenpeace survival guide for 2025 community.greenpeace.org.nz/events/green...
LIVE: The Greenpeace survival guide for 2025
One year on from the Coalition's 'war on nature', what impact has the Government had in addressing the many challenges to the oceans, land, wildlife and climate? What can we look forward to in 2025 in...
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February 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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And here's a non-Facebook link:
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Greenpeace LIVE:
One year on from the Coalition's 'war on nature', what impact has the Government had in addressing the many challenges to the oceans, land, wildlife and climate? What can we look forward to in 2025 in...
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February 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Billionaires are the biggest perpetrators of climate, environment and social injustices in every corner of the world. action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/tax...

#TaxTheRich
February 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM