{"id":76175,"date":"2026-03-19T09:27:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=76175"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T20:00:24","slug":"luxons-office-trumps-critical-war-minerals-hq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/luxons-office-trumps-critical-war-minerals-hq\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxon\u2019s office converted into Trump\u2019s war minerals HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Christopher Luxon\u2019s electoral office has been converted into Trump\u2019s war minerals headquarters today, reflecting the New Zealand Prime Minister&#8217;s new priority &#8211; turning Aotearoa into a critical minerals mining outpost that serves the US military agenda.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d7d0a493 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f85944d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"315\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Lc22e9FoUA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>President Trump is demanding New Zealand agrees to a deal to provide the USA with minerals they regard as \u2018critical\u2019 &#8211; many of which have military applications. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/politics\/new-zealand-officials-have-had-united-states-critical-minerals-framework-for-months-despite-christopher-luxon-saying-talks-very-preliminary\/premium\/52JCAXNINZAH5KVRMU2UBTQ3NI\/\">revealed yesterday<\/a> that the government has been considering such a deal for months, in some detail, despite Luxon saying in February that any discussions were at \u201cvery preliminary\u201d stages.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>In response to the proposed critical minerals deal, activists raised a US flag outside Prime Minister Luxon\u2019s electoral office in East Auckland, adding an image of President Trump to the office windows, decorating the lawn with US flags, and renaming the office as \u2018Trump war minerals HQ\u2019.&nbsp;<\/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\/2026\/03\/f0320ae9-cm-dsc00099-copy-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"A house with Trump's face and PM Christopher Luxon's face on windows; US flags on lawn; a sign saying TRUMP WAR MINERALS HQ\" class=\"wp-image-76183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/f0320ae9-cm-dsc00099-copy-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/f0320ae9-cm-dsc00099-copy-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/f0320ae9-cm-dsc00099-copy-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/f0320ae9-cm-dsc00099-copy-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/f0320ae9-cm-dsc00099-copy-510x340.jpeg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/f0320ae9-cm-dsc00099-copy.jpeg 1757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa campaigner Juressa Lee warns any minerals deal would not only lead to environmental destruction from more mining projects on land and at sea, it would also make New Zealand complicit in Trump\u2019s warmongering.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe Luxon government must not sign Aotearoa away to fuel the United States\u2019 illegal wars. New Zealand should have no part in this, and that includes giving Trump access to the resources he needs to keep dropping bombs.\u201d&nbsp;<\/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\/2026\/03\/b9125642-cm-juressa-dsc09898-copy-1024x683.jpeg\" title=\"Campaigner Juressa Lee with a banner in front of Prime Minister Luxon&#039;s electorate office: Tell Luxon, no minerals deal\" alt=\"Foreground: Greenpeace campaigner Juressa Lee with banner: TELL LUXON: NO MINERALS DEAL\n\nIn background: a house with Trump's face and PM Christopher Luxon's face on windows; US flags on lawn; a sign saying TRUMP WAR MINERALS HQ\" class=\"wp-image-76186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/b9125642-cm-juressa-dsc09898-copy-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/b9125642-cm-juressa-dsc09898-copy-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/b9125642-cm-juressa-dsc09898-copy-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/b9125642-cm-juressa-dsc09898-copy-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/b9125642-cm-juressa-dsc09898-copy-510x340.jpeg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/b9125642-cm-juressa-dsc09898-copy.jpeg 1692w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Earlier this month the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/589143\/minerals-and-military-incoming-us-ambassador-spells-out-vision-for-nz-and-pacific\">US Ambassador nominee<\/a> to New Zealand, billionaire Jared Novelly, confirmed the United States\u2019 top goals for the Pacific region are both \u2018expanding a US defence presence\u2019 and \u2018promoting business opportunities, particularly in critical minerals\u2019.<br><br>Lee says: \u201cOur message to Luxon is clear. Aotearoa is not a US outpost. We must not allow the US to dictate widespread mining that could cause irreversible harm to the whenua, moana and people here in Aotearoa.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-75593 \"\n\t\t\t\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\/luxon-no-minerals-deal-with-trump\/\" \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\/2026\/03\/6bf8335c-1-1024x607.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/6bf8335c-1-600x356.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/6bf8335c-1-1024x607.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/6bf8335c-1-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/6bf8335c-1-510x302.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/03\/6bf8335c-1.jpg 1063w\"\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\/luxon-no-minerals-deal-with-trump\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPETITION: Luxon, no minerals deal with Trump\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\">Call on Luxon to say no to Trump\u2019s demands for critical minerals<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t                                    <a\n                        class=\"btn btn-primary\"\n                        data-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n                        data-ga-action=\"Call to Action\"\n                        data-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/petition\/luxon-no-minerals-deal-with-trump\/\"\n                        \n                    >\n                        Take Action\n                    <\/a>\n                \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n<p>Many of the minerals listed by the US as essential have military applications, including vanadium which is found off the coast of Taranaki. Vanadium is used in jet engines, airframes, ballistic missiles, and as a coating for night vision goggles.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWe are seeing in real time the terrible impacts of Trump\u2019s wars across the world. New Zealand should not become complicit in this\u201d, says Lee.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWe know a minerals deal would be bad for the land and sea of Aotearoa. But since the United States and Israeli Governments launched a military attack on Iran in clear breach of international law &#8211; the stakes are even higher.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-green-500-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/a-critical-minerals-deal-with-the-usa-what-you-need-to-know\/\">A critical minerals deal with the USA: What you need to know<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In February, the NZ government launched an $80m dollar fund as part of the Regional Infrastructure Fund to help minerals exploration. The announcement came just after the Fast Track committee declined a proposal by Trans Tasman Resources, the Australian mining company that wants to mine vanadium off the coast of Taranaki.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Over <a href=\"https:\/\/action.greenpeace.org.nz\/petition\/no-minerals-deal-with-trump\">13,000 people have signed <\/a>a Greenpeace petition calling for Luxon to refuse Trump\u2019s demands for \u2018critical\u2019 minerals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re calling on Luxon to say no to a minerals deal with Trump. We\u2019re also inviting the public to show their strong opposition to this deal if they\u2019re concerned about complicity in war mongering and the exploitation of our environment for military aggression.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThis is not the first time the US has tried to disrupt a free and peaceful Pacific, the history of nuclear testing proves this. 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