Tag: Seabed mining
Vanuatu fights for marine protection at key UN deep-sea mining summit
By Stephen Wright in Kingston, Jamaica
Vanuatu has taken a leading role in a bloc of nations fighting to keep marine environment protection on the...
‘Greedy lying racists’, ‘Kill the bill’, say thousands of NZ protesters...
Asia Pacific Report
About 20,000 protesters marched through the heart of New Zealand's largest city Auckland today demonstrating against the unpopular Fast Track Approvals Bill...
‘I’m not begging’, Tahiti’s Brotherson tells France in prep for independence
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's new President Moetai Brotherson is in Paris for wide-ranging talks with the French government and the organisers of the 2024 Paris...
‘This industry will trash our moana’ warning but bid to ban...
By Karoline Tuckey, RNZ News journalist
A call for the first reading of a member's bill banning seabed mining altogether was voted down at Parliament...
KASM claims government has ‘misled’ NZ over seabed mining bill
Asia Pacific Report
An advocacy group opposed to seabed mining has accused the government of "deliberately misinterpreting" a draft bill aimed at banning the industry...
Temaru accuses Tahitian minister of libel over China seabed deal claim
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has accused the environment minister of defamation over seabed mining.
Last week, Environment Minister Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu claimed Temaru's...
Anger as Nauru-backed company gets go ahead to mine on seafloor
RNZ Pacific
Deep sea mining could begin in the Pacific as early as this month, after regulators decided to allow The Metals Company to start...
