{"id":67453,"date":"2024-11-28T13:30:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T00:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=67453"},"modified":"2024-11-28T16:26:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T03:26:25","slug":"seabed-mining-agm-disrupted-by-representatives-of-ngati-ruanui-and-greenpeace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/seabed-mining-agm-disrupted-by-representatives-of-ngati-ruanui-and-greenpeace\/","title":{"rendered":"Seabed mining AGM disrupted by representatives of Ng\u0101ti Ruanui and Greenpeace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greenpeace activists, along with representatives of Taranaki iwi Ng\u0101ti Ruanui, have disrupted the annual general meeting of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/what-is-manuka-resources-and-why-is-it-trying-to-mine-the-seabed-in-taranaki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manuka Resources<\/a>, the Australian mining company planning to fast-track seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight.<\/p>\n\n<p>Rukutai Watene of Ng\u0101ti Ruanui, along with Peeti Wharehoka-Watene and six Greenpeace activists, interrupted the meeting in Sydney, Australia by taking the floor to outline the reasons that he and his hap\u016b oppose seabed mining in their rohe.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/11\/d340c22a-gp0su3m62_medium-res-1200px-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/11\/d340c22a-gp0su3m62_medium-res-1200px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/11\/d340c22a-gp0su3m62_medium-res-1200px-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/11\/d340c22a-gp0su3m62_medium-res-1200px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/11\/d340c22a-gp0su3m62_medium-res-1200px-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/11\/d340c22a-gp0su3m62_medium-res-1200px.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rukutai Watene and Peeti Wharehoka-Watene of Ng\u0101ti Ruanui, along with six Greenpeace activists interrupted the Sydney AGM of Australian mining company Manuka Resources, the owner of Trans-Tasman Resources, telling shareholders that he and his hap\u016b will continue to resist seabed mining in their rohe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Watene loudly addressed shareholders, saying that seabed mining was not wanted in Taranaki. And, just as mana whenua there have resisted seabed mining for more than a decade, so they would continue to do so now that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/explore\/seabed-mining\/what-is-trans-tasman-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trans-Tasman Resources<\/a>&nbsp;is circumventing the proper process by using the fast track approvals process.<\/p>\n\n<p>The AGM was abandoned.<\/p>\n\n<p>Outside the meeting, Greenpeace activists from Aotearoa held a banner saying NO SEABED MINING. They also handed shareholders as they arrived at the AGM a \u2018shareholding pack\u2019 which included a letter warning them that TTR\u2019s plans would continue to be resisted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Manuka Resources is the sole owner of Trans-Tasman Resources, which has for a decade tried and failed to get approval for a 35-year seabed mining project in the South Taranaki Bight, despite staunch opposition from local iwi and environmental groups.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Rukutai Watene of Ng\u0101ti Ruanui <\/strong>says<strong>: \u201c<\/strong>I am<strong> <\/strong>unapologetic about interrupting the Manuka Resources shareholders\u2019 AGM.&nbsp; We&#8217;ve fought Trans-Tasman Resources three times in court, and three times we&#8217;ve won, but now TTR is using the Fast Track and we have to fight them again. From the mountain to the sea, from Aotearoa to Sydney, we will fight to protect our rohe and stop seabed mining from taking place.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Juan Parada <\/strong>says<strong>: <\/strong>\u201cWe are taking this action today with representatives of Ng\u0101ti Ruanui to demonstrate that New Zealanders don&#8217;t want seabed mining. It shows Trans-Tasman Resources and Manuka Resources that we shall resist them wherever they are &#8211; even here in Australia.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re highlighting the danger that Trans-Tasman Resources may get the chance to revive its zombie seabed mining project via the Fast Track, despite years of community opposition and rejection by the courts.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-hydrate=\"planet4-blocks\/gallery\" 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\"><\/section><\/div>\n<p>Trans-Tasman Resources and its Australian owners Manuka Resources want to plunder the South Taranaki Bight by extracting 50 million tons of iron sands every year for 35 years. Experts say it will have a devastating impact on rare marine life, such as Hector\u2019s and M\u0101ui dolphins, the pygmy blue whale and koror\u0101.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cTTR has tried and failed for more than a decade to get approval to mine the seabed because it was never able to show that it wouldn\u2019t cause substantial harm to the environment,\u201d says Parada.\u201cIf seabed mining is fast-tracked, it will be in contempt of all expert advice and the wishes of local iwi, environmental groups, Taranaki communities and the 60,000 New Zealanders who have <a href=\"https:\/\/petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz\/oceans-ban-seabed-mining\">signed the petition<\/a> calling for it to be banned.\u201d<\/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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