This week, the Government also pushed ahead with its controversial change to gut the Conservation Act. It passed its first reading in Parliament and Jones is openly boasting about it. He’s telling the public that protected land is officially open for business.

Industry lobbyists NZ Minerals Council (formerly Straterra) wants you to believe this is for the green transition, but she is courting the USA which has very different priorities. An ambitious energy transition does not require sacrificing vital ecosystems that sustain life on Earth.

Luxon says ‘no decisions on a minerals deal are made’, but the US Government is already in the building, and Shane Jones is parading mining industry reps and lobbyists like a dating show host.

Yesterday (the Minister for Resources) Shane Jones hosted mining executives with a US delegation in his Beehive office. Trump wants access to minerals in New Zealand which could be used to fuel his war machine.

If Luxon signs a minerals deal with the US, it opens the floodgates for destructive land and seabed mining in Aotearoa. It would turn us into a US military outpost and implicate us in its warmongering, at the cost of our environment.

We're heading to Parliament on Tuesday to deliver our petition to say NO minerals deal! Sign to join the call: greenpeace.nz/no-minerals-...

The delay until at least 2032 shows the Cook Is govt is feeling pressure from a growing movement that knows seabed mining is too risky, too destructive, and nowhere near the “economic benefit for all” it’s being sold as. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

ICYMI Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol

Greenpeace is calling on the opposition Labour Party leader, Chris Hipkins, to take a public stand and pledge that seabed mining will never happen under a Labour-led government. greenpeace.nz/take-a-stand... #BanSeabedMining #ProtectTheOceans

What I observed in Ōpunake a week ago was an activation of people from all walks of life - Mana moana, young people, surfers, farmers, NGOs, tangata tiriti, tangata whenua - on this one waka, energise and ready to send TTR on its way and stop seabed mining before it gets a chance to start

The momentum against seabed mining is growing. A new group opposing South Taranaki seabed mining wants voters to use local elections to embolden councillors against wannabe miners. #BanSeabedMining #ProtectTheOceans www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

Help us convince Chris Hipkins to make a stand! action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/tak...

NZ's wannabe Trump backs the wannabe seabed miners to rip up 50 million tons of the South Taranaki seabed every year for 35 years to get something we don't even need, while an Aussie mining company profits from the destruction. #BanSeabedMining #nzpol

Greenpeace pledges continued fight against seabed mining as Australian miners lodge EPA appl. Nobody wants to destroy the seabed or see marine life threatened & 1000s are prepared to take action to stop SBM before it gets to start www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

This Luxon govt so badly wants to simp for grossly rich polluters, at the expense of their own rights and damn their grandkids’ wellbeing while they’re at. 🤢🤮 What an embarrassment this govt is.

Reason # 7365 to #StopSeabedMining b4 it starts. “blue whales are successfully breeding off the Taranaki coast, but their future is under threat from climate change.” Luxon govt’s already weak & reckless on biodiversity, climate & SBM will be the nail in the coffin www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

Colonisers of the Global Nth have exploited the Pacific for ‘resources’, land, nuclear testing, militarism & never meaningfully compensated or apologised for their destruction. Who could ever believe the greenwash used by wannabe deep sea miners to justify destroying our ocean?

“Results found 39% (around 1.5 mil adults) concerned abt how the coalition is performing, 38% disappointed, 34% frustrated, and 24% were angry…Govt’s performance is making only 10% feel pleased, 5% excited, 4% proud, & 4%inspired.” Zzz 😴 www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

McCallum Bros is applying for consent to mine sand. “Website states it is their way of being transparent.” Using Fast Track to bypass pub consultation & environment checks is disingenuous, just like TransTasman Resources’ lack of good faith w Taranaki communities on seabed mining

Third fire in 5 yrs for Global Metal Solutions, Papakura… same crowd applying for waste incineration in Te Awamutu. Just another reason the community s/be v concerned. Too many risks to human health, environment, food sources & climate www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Can't stop thinking about how you could cash out the family benefit for a house deposit in the 69s and 70s: "At $6 per week, the capitalised amount payable for a child from birth to 16 would be $4992 ... [this] would represent $86,000 in today's dollars" www.nzherald.co.nz/property/fam...

“Quite often institutionalised racism is done by accident. This is purposeful, deliberate knowing act…” Imagine ignoring expert advice that would keep ppl well & alive bc some might accuse Māori, Pacific of privileges for bowel cancer diagnoses earlier in life www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Mark Brown & Cook Is govt continue to make significant steps toward seabed mining. Soon they’ll be @ the point of no return. Either caught in deals w wannabe miners or auctioning off cultural heritage, identity, marine life & precious ecosyst to predators frm global nth www.rnz.co.nz/internationa...

1/2 Long-standing Pacific opposition to deep sea mining asserts mana & birth-righted guardianship of their homes, cite the authority & necessity of Indigenous voices & Indig Knowledge Systems in any decisions that pertain to their homes, which incl the ocean www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

www.rnz.co.nz/internationa... The undersigned NGOs demonstrate strong & growing resistance across Te Moananui a Kiwa, fighting against a new form of extractivism & colonisation.

⁉️ “The agency is paying for the set-up costs associated with running the process using a Crown loan it did not want to take out. It says running the fast-track process is an "uncomfortable fit" for an agency whose purpose is protecting human health & the environment.” www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

As someone who was injured and reported it to police I think it’s interesting the article says otherwise. There were multiple assaults, blood drawn, assaulted teenagers etc. The article really undersells the vibe.

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Billionaires are the biggest perpetrators of climate, environment and social injustices in every corner of the world. action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/tax... #TaxTheRich

Greenpeace campaigner Juressa Lee (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Rarotonga) writes about why Te Tiriti and Waitangi Day are so important to them. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... #nzpol #waitangi

Archives NZ to assess whether MBIE's Fast-track record-keeping fell short of law The decision means officials located within one of the largest govt departments will be probing a super-ministry on the edges of one of the Govt’s most controversial policies. www.waikatotimes.co.nz/business/360...

Thailand has stopped importing plastic waste from countries like New Zealand in an effort to curb toxic pollution in the country. #BreakFreeFromPlastic

BREAKING Ngāti Ruanui representatives and Greenpeace activists are taking action together at the mining giant Manuka Resources AGM in Sydney to protest its plans to begin seabed mining in Taranaki with Trans-Tasman Resources. More to come...