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Everyone knows the saying \u2018life imitates art\u2019, but we\u2019d argue that art imitates life when it comes to Disney\u2019s Moana<\/em> film franchise. Moana 2 premiered in theatres in late November following the title character\u2019s quest to protect her community\u2019s ancestral way of life. Starring  Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson, Auli\u02bbi Cravalho, Temuera Morrison, Hualalai Chung, Nicole Scherzinger and Jemaine Clement, both Moana 2 and its predecessor reflect the very real stories of some Indigenous Pacific communities, who are currently battling the deep sea mining industry to protect the Moana (the M\u0101ori word for \u2018ocean\u2019) and their cultural heritage.<\/p>\n\n

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Greenpeace International activists peacefully confront the ship \u2018James Cook\u2019 on its return from a section of the Pacific Ocean targeted for deep sea mining, holding a banner demanding \u2018Don\u2019t mine the Moana\u2019 (the M\u0101ori word for \u2018ocean\u2019) \u00a9 Martin Katz \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

The Metals Company, the frontrunner in starting deep sea mining in the Pacific Ocean, wants to churn up the seabed to extract potato-sized polymetallic nodules, for profit. This process\u00a0will devastate the ocean<\/a>\u00a0that Pasifika people have cherished and safeguarded for centuries.

The Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific Ocean have a deep connection with and respect for this vast expanse of water, which is part of their cultural heritage and reason for survival. It is not just their home but the source of creation. In a blog, Solomon Pili Kaho\u2019ohalahala, known as Uncle Sol, a native Hawaiian Elder who was part of the Greenpeace International delegation at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) meeting in Jamaica\u00a0speaks to this connection<\/a>:

\u201cIn our culture, there is no separation between us and nature \u2013 it is who we are. No matter where we are in the deepest part of the ocean, the surface of the waters, to the land and the mountains and the sky; we are part of all of it. So when industries are plotting to destroy the area of creation and have no regard for that part of our identity, it hurts.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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Solomon Pili Kaho\u2019ohalahala, known as Uncle Sol, on board the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise en route to Kingston, Jamaica for a summit of the ISA in 2023 \u00a9 Martin Katz \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

But the Pasifika people won\u2019t let the deep sea mining industry\u2019s greed destroy the ocean, their heritage and livelihoods. In a\u00a0letter to Gerard Barron<\/a>, the CEO of The Metals Company, Pelenatita Kara, the Deep Sea Mining Coordinator for the Civil Society Forum Tonga writes:

\u201cYou have claimed that\u00a0<\/em>the deep ocean is a place \u2018where no one lives<\/em><\/a>\u2019, which shows a total lack of humanity and regard for the Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific Ocean. We have called it home for centuries, revere the deep ocean in our cultural heritage, and rely on the whole ocean to survive.\u201d<\/em>

The Pasifika people\u2019s lives and identities are intrinsically linked to the ocean and the life it supports. As they stand together against this sinister industry that values money more than people\u2019s lives, we\u2019ll stand with them. We have the opportunity to help stop the deep sea mining industry, which will destroy the ocean and the tens of thousands of years of history and cultural heritage of First Nations and Pasifika people.

If we raise our voices alongside theirs, we will become a choir so loud that governments can\u2019t ignore it. No matter how long it takes, we can and will stop deep sea mining before it starts and reach our happy ending, just like\u00a0Moana<\/strong>. Sign our petition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Jeanette Meyer is a Digital Campaigner for the global oceans campaign and Juressa Lee is a Stop Deep Sea Mining campaigner at Greenpeace Aotearoa.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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