{"id":62744,"date":"2024-03-15T15:18:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T02:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=62744"},"modified":"2024-08-20T17:22:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T05:22:05","slug":"the-world-is-watching-hawera-seabed-mining-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/the-world-is-watching-hawera-seabed-mining-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"The world is watching Taranaki seabed mining hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greenpeace says that the result of the EPA hearing for the Australian miner Trans Tasman Resources&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/what-is-seabed-mining-and-why-does-it-threaten-the-oceans\/\">seabed mining proposal<\/a> for Taranaki could set a globally significant precedent.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cCommercial seabed mining does not happen anywhere else on planet Earth. If it\u2019s allowed to go ahead here in Taranaki, that could set a dangerous precedent which could see the destructive industry spread here and around the world,\u201d says Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Juressa Lee (Te Rarawa, Ng\u0101puhi, Rarotonga).<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re in H\u0101wera on the third day of the seabed mining hearing before the EPA.<br><br>This hearing is important because it could set a precedent for seabed mining, not only here in Aotearoa but worldwide.<br><br>We will not stand by and watch the ocean be destroyed.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BanSeabedMining?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BanSeabedMining<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZIRIZJcOky\">pic.twitter.com\/ZIRIZJcOky<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenpeaceNZ\/status\/1768438266938978325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n<p>\u201cAlready we see wannabe miners from the Global North insinuating themselves into the Pacific hoping to exploit the deep sea for profit despite mounting evidence that it would be harmful to the ocean and the livelihoods of Pacific peoples.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cHere in H\u0101wera, we can see how fierce the opposition is from mana whenua who are fighting to protect the South Taranaki Bight, kaimoana, whales, M\u0101ui dolphins and koror\u0101 who live here and also for the tino rangatiratanga of their people who have lived here for centuries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/03\/e630c6c0-ttr_taranaki_7.jpg\" title=\"Opposition to seabed mining gathers outside the EPA hearing where Trans Tasman Resources Ltd is once again making a bid for content to start seabed mining in the Taranaki Bight where they propose to suck up 50 million tonnes of sand every year for 30 years, dumping most back in giant sediment plumes after extracting the vanadium.\" alt=\"Opposition to seabed mining gathers outside the EPA hearing where Trans Tasman Resources Ltd is once again making a bid for content to start seabed mining in the Taranaki Bight where they propose to suck up 50 million tonnes of sand every year for 30 years, dumping most back in giant sediment plumes after extracting the vanadium.\" class=\"wp-image-62701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/03\/e630c6c0-ttr_taranaki_7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/03\/e630c6c0-ttr_taranaki_7-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/03\/e630c6c0-ttr_taranaki_7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/03\/e630c6c0-ttr_taranaki_7-510x287.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Opposition to seabed mining gathers outside the EPA hearing where Trans Tasman Resources Ltd is once again making a bid for content to start seabed mining in the Taranaki Bight where they propose to suck up 50 million tonnes of sand every year for 30 years, dumping most back in giant sediment plumes after extracting the vanadium. <div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Clae Baxter \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>\u201cGreenpeace stands with them for those reasons and also because allowing this destructive industry to get a foothold here in Taranaki could open the floodgates for similar industries to spring up all over the world,\u201d says Lee.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cIn Aotearoa and in the Pacific, generations of Indigenous Peoples have endured the incursions of extractive colonial industry that has caused biodiversity loss, accelerated the climate crisis, and increased inequity and human rights breaches. Trans Tasman Resources&#8217; attempt to mine the seabed here in Taranaki and The Metals Company&#8217;s in the Pacific are just the latest examples.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cGovernments must push back against continued growth of polluting extractive industries and invest in a fundamental shift toward systems and ways of living that operate in tune with nature in a circular economy where materials never become waste and nature is regenerated. Indigenous Peoples and their knowledge systems can lead the way in this shift,\u201d says Lee.<\/p>\n\n<p>Since its 2017 consent to dig up 50 million tonnes of the seabed every year for 35 years and dump 45 million tonnes back onto the seafloor, TTR&nbsp; has had that consent quashed by three courts. The Supreme Court sent it back to the EPA for the company to prove it would cause no material harm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Part of the KASM and Greenpeace\u2019s submissions will be heard today with the rest in the second hearing in April. The submission will highlight gaps in the TTR application, such as the fact that it hasn\u2019t conducted a single survey of marine life in the waters of the South Taranaki Bight to ascertain how they might be affected by seabed mining.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/event\/4077456\/506af61fde\">The hearing is being live-streamed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Over the last ten years, Greenpeace has opposed seabed mining in Aotearoa and has more recently been campaigning globally against attempts by mining companies such as The Metals Company to start deep sea mining in the Pacific for polymetallic nodules.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>There are also fears that Seabed Mining could be fast-tracked under the Government\u2019s controversial new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/fast-track-bill-release-marks-dark-day-for-nature-and-democracy\/\">Fast-track Bill<\/a>, which Greenpeace has called radically anti-nature with no regard for nature or democracy.<\/p>\n\n<p>Following the Bill\u2019s introduction to Parliament this week, Greenpeace said Resources and Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/shane-jones-recusal-from-seabed-mining-shows-corruption-of-fast-track-process\/\">recusal from involvement in decisions on seabed mining<\/a> under the new fast-track legislation because of a conflict of interest with the fishing industry illustrates how open the process is to corruption.<br><br>Over 50,000 people have signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz\/oceans-ban-seabed-mining\">Greenpeace petition to Ban Seabed Mining<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-16190  sticky-bottom-mobile collapse show\"\n\t\t\tid=\"action-card\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/petition\/petition-ban-seabed-mining\/\" \n\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/04\/64cce2ab-whale-tail-tonga-bg-1024x677.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/04\/64cce2ab-whale-tail-tonga-bg-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/04\/64cce2ab-whale-tail-tonga-bg-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/04\/64cce2ab-whale-tail-tonga-bg-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/04\/64cce2ab-whale-tail-tonga-bg-510x337.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/04\/64cce2ab-whale-tail-tonga-bg.jpg 1200w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 358px, (min-width: 780px) 313px, 88px\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\" title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n            \t\t\t<div class=\"boxout-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"boxout-heading medium\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/petition\/petition-ban-seabed-mining\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPETITION: Ban seabed mining in Aotearoa\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"boxout-excerpt\">Seabed mining is a new threat to the oceans. 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The whakapapa of my wh\u0101nau is a journey through Te Moana Nui a Kiwa. From the Whangape Harbour to Rawhiti via Ngawha, down to Tauranga Moana, over to Tupapa and Ngatangiia in Rarotonga, and north again to Tahiti. My tamariki, through their p\u0101p\u0101, also whakapapa to Toi village in Niue. I was raised by a frugal mother who was always mindful of her impact on the planet, and navigated it accordingly. My dad has always enjoyed nature and instilled in us that there were responsibilities we had to be able to keep enjoying it. This was my very first influence. When I became an adult and then a mother myself, decolonising my life became a priority to raise my tamariki with an unapologetic, Indigenous worldview. Along the way and without realising, my whakaaro around kaitiakitanga began to shift, or rather, return. I felt more responsible, but also more empowered. I connect the dots between 160+ years of colonisation, extractivism, social and environmental harms and injustices and a worldview that sees the environment as separate to people. That people are somehow entitled to take, own, throw away, destroy and degrade. We are witnessing the impacts from living in a system rooted in colonialism and racism and extractive industries are devastating the planet and furthering the climate crisis. Now, wannabe miners are eyeing up the seabed in the South Taranaki Bight, and also seeking to plunder the deep seas. This problem is colossal, but so is our fight to protect te taiao. There are solutions to these issues. 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