If you are in Taranaki this weekend there are great events to Protect our ocean - no seabed mining in Ōpunakē. See below for details. #saynotofasttrack #noseabedmining

Fast-track project applications

Very cynical of Govt to release heavily redacted details of 149 Fast Track applications after Parliaments Committee Stage - the only chance for MPs to review the projects & no chance for the public to assess the veracity of the claims. #saynotofasttrack
environment.govt.nz/acts-and-reg...

The Post

Great to see opposition to seabed mining from Whanganui Council. The massive TTR project which has been rejected by the Courts is being fast tracked by Govt through Parliament this week. We certainly can't divorce the environment from the economy #saynotofasttrack www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand The landscape in this park, situated in south-west New Zealand, has been shaped by successive glaciations into fjords, rocky coasts, towering cliffs, lakes and waterfalls. Two-thirds of the park is covered with ...

Notre Dame (Paris) & Te Wāhipounamu – South West NZ - are both UNESCO World Heritage sites. About 700,000ha is conservation land not protected by 4th Schedule of Crown Minerals Act & is open to mining & fast track applications, & needs protection. #saynotofasttrack
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Seabed mining left out of regional plan for Taranaki Today from The Detail: There's a clash of wills going on between central and local government in Taranaki when it comes to plans for seabed mining

Seabed mining left our of regional plan for Taranaki. Local Govt shows much more sense than Govt Ministers who want to fast track TTR-Manuka Resources proposal that has been widely rejected by the Courts. This is a zombie project with little support. #saynotofasttrack
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/04/s...

All of Govt's 2024 coal earnings spent treating damages at a single mine The Stockton mine is hoping for a fast-tracked 25-year extension, as historic damages are costing the Crown more than it earns from all coal mine royalties

The legacy costs of mining at Stockton Coal mine causing acid mine drainage with clean up costs more than the Crowns royalty of all coal mines. Now the Govt wants to fast track more coal mining, more tailings with ecological impacts. #saynotofasttrack newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/a...