Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Taranaki seabed mining efforts meet grassroots resistance
4 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Debbie Ngawera-Packer at Pātea Beach, where she spent much of her childhood. Photo / Jamie Morton
NZ Herald
OPINION:
This month we are expecting a ruling from Supreme Court on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to grant Trans Tasman Resources' (TTR) consent for seabed mining.
TTR wants to mine up to 50
million tonnes of iron sand off the South Taranaki Bight each year for 35 years. It is my hope that the court will rule in our favour and we can put to rest seabed mining, a practice that would destroy ecosystems and damage our coastlines for generations to come.