Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) has a plan to rip up 50 million tonnes of the South Taranaki seabed every year for over 35 years. This would be the world’s first commercial seabed mine.
The South Taranaki Bight is a region full of rich, diverse and unique marine life, including endangered Māui dolphins and rare blue pygmy whales.
If allowed to go ahead using a fast-track process, seabed mining would damage this unique ecosystem.
Join the chorus of voices opposing seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight to make sure Manuka and TTR know we don’t want fast-tracked seabed mining. Tell TTR and Manuka to bugger off and leave the Taranaki seabed alone.
Send a message of protest
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To the CEOs, staff and investors of Manuka Resources and Trans Tasman Resources,
I stand opposed to your plan of fast-track mining the seabed of the South Taranaki Bight. If it went ahead, it would destroy a precious natural habitat full of rich, diverse and unique marine life.
I pledge to stand against your destructive project and use any peaceful means available to do this. I’ll do whatever I can to work together with local people in Taranaki, with environmental experts, and with tangata whenua.