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Fast track Wrong track : Fast decision Wrong decision. For those who want a read, link to decision doc that grants mining in conservation land, new toxic dams and even another pit at Waihī .. doc link at the top of the page… all 346 pages of it.. www.fasttrack.govt.nz/.../waihi-no...

Fast track amendment bill going through Parliament under urgency right now Good to hear the Greens re-stating their intention to repeal or drastically amend the bill and act, and to cancel extractive industry consents. #nzpol videos.parliament.nz

Unbelievably, Shane thinks the fast track isn't going fast enough and it appears to be too democratic so him and Bishop are reining it in, with a new bill to be passed under urgency. This is preposterous. www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...

This freudian slip though…

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Trans Tasman Resources' 100% owner, Australian company Manuka Resources (MKR),yesterday published its annual report, which contains this warning from the auditors. Yet this company is now selling shares on the NZX. #nzpol #stopthefasttrack #banseabedmining

No, Shane Jones, you cannot monster the Fast-Track panel convenors. We call on Bishop to reign him in #nzpol www.kasm.org.nz/post/kasm-ca...

So the Fast-Track panel convenor unimpressed with wannabe seabed mining company TTR’s lack of mahi on its application. Huge gaps remain Her memo 🔥🔥 #nzpol #banseabedmining #defendthedeep www.fasttrack.govt.nz/__data/asset...

The New Plymouth District Council just voted overwhelmingly to oppose #seabedmining! Absolutely awesome mahi by Councillor Amanda Clinton-Gohdes for her incredibly detailed proposal. Absolute legend. But totally the right decision! #defendthedeep

Hear the wannabe seabed miners on the radio this morning? Wonder if he's telling the truth? He's not. Here's just one clear example of the exaggeration and lies #nzpol #banseabedmining #defendthedeep www.kasm.org.nz/post/lies-da...

if you didn't have enough reasons to make a submission against the Regulatory Standards Bill, Anne Salmond gives you ten more. Submissions close 23 June. #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/14/a...

It’s hard to sum up the joy and strength of opposition to #seabedmining across the motu today. Here’s some of the images #defendthedeep

Huge day today with 7 paddle outs from Pōneke to Maukatia Bay, Muriwai to voice our collective opposition to #seabedmining. Join us! Bring a sign, a board, or just yourself and whanau #defendthedeep #banseabedmining Full details here www.facebook.com/share/18weWr...

Are you a surfer? Do you love & want to protect our Moana? This Sunday: World Oceans Day - there will be paddle-outs across the North Island's west coast in opposition to #seabed mining, from Pōneke all the way up to Maukatia (Māori) Bay near Muriwai. Can't fit them all in one post! #kikorangi 🧵

EDS wins procedural point against the EPA on the Fast-track process - the EPA must publish the first application on its website, whether it has accepted it as complete - or not. #nzpol eds.org.nz/resources/do...

“When we first started opposing this in 2012 there were companies all waiting in the wings for this first application to get across the line and, if it does, it'll be open slather on our coastlines” - @cindybax.bsky.social #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

"This dangerous industry has zero public support. TTR has tried & failed multiple times – including losing in the Supreme Court, and yet this Government has handed them another chance through an undemocratic process that disrespects our people and our ocean." @cindybax.bsky.social #nzpol #kikorangi

A 50-year ban on seabed mining? Now we’re talking. #banseabedmining #defendthedeep #nzpol islandsbusiness.com/news-break/n...

Seabed miners thought they cld pay their $250k fast track fee later. EPA told them they wouldn’t look at their application until they paid. Finally coughed up over a week later. This company is struggling with cash - huge financial problems. This is a big 🚩🚩for the govt. #nzpol

It's little over a week since we launched our petition asking Labour leader Chris Hipkins to take a stand against seabed mining. More than 5,200 people have already signed the petition! Chris Hipkins has responded already, saying Labour opposes seabed mining.

From critical minerals to the fast-track, coin-operated Shane Jones is raking in the cash from miners: gold, sand, coal, metals. #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/06/f...

Labour's policy on seabed mining is still very unclear. We need Labour to take a strong stand against Trans-Tasman Resources' application under the Fast-Track act. It's time to get off the fence, Labour Looking at you @rachelbrooking.bsky.social action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/tak...

Hey #StopDeepSeaMining we’re fighting the world’s first seabed mining project in Aotearoa New Zealand follow us for updates

Statement from the International Seabed Authority Sec Gen on Trumps’s exec order purportedly giving seabed miners access to international waters. To sum it up: “Nope, donald, you can’t do that” #stopdeepseamining #defendthedeep www.isa.org.jm/news/stateme...

Wannabe (Australian) seabed miners Trans Tasman Resources have applied for fast-track consent to dig up 50m tonnes of the seabed a year and dump 45m tonnes back down. By our reckoning, 9 May is when the EPA must mark the application as “complete”. Here, we set out the fast-track process #nzpol

The possibility that Seabed Mining could now go ahead under the Fast Track shows how dangerous the Act is. 🧵

“With the self-proclaimed Matua of Mining (Minister Shane Jones) taking a special interest in this venture, Ngāti Ruanui now faces political lobbying, rather than an open, honest discussion around scientific evidence.” #nzpol #banseabedmining www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

PRESS RELEASE: KASM slams fast-track seabed mining bid "Under this process, the fast-track panel will hear none of this widespread concern, because our coin-operated government that’s beholden to its industrial funders has shut us out.” #nzpol #stopseabedmining #stopthefasttrack

Here we go... BREAKING: wannabe seabed miners have now officially applied for fast-track approval to dig up the South Taranaki Bight. We will fight them on the beaches.. #NZpol

The biggest threat to blue whales in the South Taranaki Bight is climate change: marine heatwaves. These creatures have enough to be getting on with, and seabed mining would add an extra pressure. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

Manuka Resources, 100% Australian owner of wannabe seabed miners Trans Tasman Resources, is carrying a HEAP of debt. Why is the govt so hell-bent on giving them consent to trash the South Taranaki Bight? Zero due diligence on these dodgy-as companies #nzpol simplywall.st/stocks/au/ma...

The Opposition is right here, but they chose not to ban #seabedmining. Still waiting for them to promise to at least re-evaluate fast-track consents. But this pales into insignificance against the current regime’s blind faith that seabed mining will bring us riches: astonishingly naive. #nzpol

Oregon State university have just completed this year's blue whale survey, finding 66 pygmy blue whales in and around the South Taranaki Bight. Scientist Leigh Torres has stated that for the whales, seabed mining would be "like living next to a vacuum cleaner for 45 years" #kikorangi

"There is a reckoning ahead, and its first signals are dirty water, wild weather, and war over resources."

Want to help us fight seabed mining in Aotearoa? Lots do but we need a volunteer coordinator to help organise them! And a graphics designer… Get in touch at [email protected] #kikorangi #nzpol

“Our Government needs to stop tarnishing our global reputation to pander to a handful of renegade bottom trawling companies.” - Helen Clark #NZpol earth.org/it-is-time-f...

Wannabe seabed miner TTR is claiming it's done “thousands of hours” of marine mammal survey flights over the Sth Taranaki Bight (and found nothing). This is a complete fabrication. They've done NO surveys: missing in last year’s hearing & called for by the EPA in 2014 when refusing consent #nzpol

Gobsmacking! 😵‍💫The Govt REMOVED environmental provisions from the Fast Track legislation 😵‍💫Bishop requested advice “on how it can be weighted more in favour of development” 😵‍💫Project viability was removed as a threshold for entry #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/17/e...

The EPA is right to be concerned about being landed with a process that doesn't have "Environmental Protection" at its heart. And what happens if the companies don't pay up? Especially if they don't get consent. Which will add legal bills to the debt burden. #nzpol

“This seabed mining project is called a zombie project because it simply did not stand up to scrutiny: there’s so many uncertainties, and the company simply hasn’t done the work.” PRESS RELEASE on the Fast-Track process opening today #NZpol www.kasm.org.nz/post/opposit...

Waitangi Day in Patea: what a treat

proud to be titled Anti-Seabed Mining Protester…media got this label right 🙌🏽 #nzpol #ban #seabedmining

The TTR economics report was taken apart during the EPA hearings, with the company admitting the claimed 1600 jobs were inflated; local jobs wld be abt 30. The costs of environmental impacts of seabed mining also not covered in that report #banseabedmining #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

Iron ore is the mineral the seabed miners want to dig up from our ocean: it's not a critical mineral. While vanadium is listed, and is present in the ironsands, NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO GET IT OUT. Not even the company knows how. They have an inconclusive masters paper on their website, but that's it.

Under the Fast-track Act the *only* people the EPA must consult are Iwi & councils. Do you live in Taranaki/Manawatu? Or know people who do? Please sign and share this petition where constituents call on their councillors to oppose seabed mining #nzpol our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/co...

Wow, so Shane thinks he cld remove a bank's operating licence if it refuses to invest in fossil fuels. Yeah, like the govt would suspend ANZ's NZ operating licence if it were to drop Bathurst Coal on grounds of climate risk from coal. FAT CHANCE www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Luxon thinks mining the heck out of Aotearoa will pour cash into the govt's coffers: he wants us to be like Australia. But Australia's income from its comparatively huge minerals sector provides just 6% of the govt's income; only 2% of jobs. #nzpol australiainstitute.org.au/post/austral...

Vry happy to be on Bsky! After 20 years of fighting seabed mining, we're back into the trenches next week. On Feb 7, the EPA launches its new fast-track website: we expect seabed miners to be one of the first applications (it's what they've promised anyway) Sign up for updates! eepurl.com/zKEZv