If a disaster like the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico ocurred in New Zealand it could devasate both our environment and economy. Yet this is exactly the risk that the government is exposing New Zealand’s coastline to. They have already given oil companies permission to start dangerous deep sea oil exploration off the East Coast of the North Island, and tagged many other areas for exploitation. International oil companies could soon be drilling at depths of up to 3000 metres in NZ waters.
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