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Petition for moratorium on seabed mining launches
Monday, 8 June 2015, 1:09 pm | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
On World Oceans Day, Kiwis Against Seabed mining today launched a petition calling for a time out on seabed mining in New Zealand’s marine environment. Already, nearly 3500 people have signed the petition to Environment Minister Nick Smith, calling ... More >>
Time for a moratorium on seabed mining?
Wednesday, 4 March 2015, 11:54 am | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining Phil McCabe sets out the rationale for a moratorium on seabed mining - in an Op Ed in today's Dominion Post. More >>
EPA seabed mining decision a “victory for good science”
Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 11:30 am | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
11 February 2015-- The decision by New Zealand’s EPA to refuse consent for a bid to mine phosphate from the Chatham Rise’s deep sea bed is logical, wise, and a victory for good science, and a vindication of all the concerns raised by the groups ... More >>
Seabed mining company drops appeal
Friday, 12 December 2014, 4:43 pm | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
A “victory for common sense” was Kiwis Against Seabed Mining’s reaction today to Trans Tasman Resources’ news that it will drop its attempt to reverse the EPA’s rejection of its seabed mining application. More >>
Chatham Rise mining could have impact on whales and dolphins
Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 10:33 am | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
Wellington, 21 October 2014--Mining phosphate on the Chatham Rise, off the east coast of New Zealand’s south island, could potentially have many impacts on marine mammals like whales and dolphins, the Environmental Protection Agency was told today. More >>
Chatham Rise seabed hearing: the absence of evidence
Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 3:59 pm | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
The phosphate on the seabed, 450m down on the Chatham Rise, has a particular quality that other phosphate doesn’t have: uranium. More >>
Protected corals could be wiped out by deep sea mining
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 2:19 pm | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
Wellington-30 September 2014—Mining phosphate from the seabed of the Chatham Rise would remove a protected coral species crucial to the local ecosystem, an Environmental Protection Agency hearing into a seabed mining proposal was told this morning. More >>
Chatham Rise hearing: NGOs join forces to oppose
Thursday, 25 September 2014, 1:46 pm | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
The EPA began hearings today in Wellington on Chatham Rock Phosphate’s (CRP) application to mine 5000 square kms of the seabed on the Chatham Rise, in the waters off the New Zealand’s east coast. More >>
KASM to fight seabed mining decision appeal
Monday, 21 July 2014, 1:25 pm | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) today notified the High Court of its intention to join the EPA in opposing an appeal by Trans Tasman Resources against the EPA’s decision to refuse consent for the country’s first seabed mining proposal. More >>
Slap Down to Seabed Mining "Victory for common sense"
Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 1:50 pm | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
The EPA’s decision to decline a proposal to mine black sand from the seabed of the South Taranaki Bight was heralded today by New Zealand’s only NGO focusing solely on the issue, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining. More >>
Too much uncertainty over seabed mining application
Wednesday, 7 May 2014, 12:28 pm | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
The degree of uncertainty around the environmental impacts of seabed mining is too great for the EPA to grant New Zealand’s first-ever marine license to mine the seabed, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining said today. More >>
Seabed mining application riddled with uncertainties
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 2:50 pm | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
Trans Tasman Resources’ (TTR) bid to mine 66 sqkm of the seabed in the South Taranaki Bight is so riddled with uncertainties that the EPA should decline the application, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) told the EPA hearings in Hamilton today. More >>
Mining application riddled with scientific uncertainties
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 2:43 pm | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
Trans Tasman Resources’ (TTR) bid to mine 66 sqkm of the seabed in the South Taranaki Bight is so riddled with uncertainties that the EPA should decline the application, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) told the EPA hearings in Hamilton today. In a ... More >>
EPA seabed mining hearing laws undermining democracy
Tuesday, 8 April 2014, 2:06 pm | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
Rules around the EPA’s decision-making process on the country’s first seabed mining application under the new Exclusive Economic Zone Act are undemocratic and make it nearly impossible for adequate public input, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining ... More >>
Info on sea life missing from seabed mining application
Tuesday, 11 March 2014, 1:48 pm | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
Crucial information about the environmental impact of seabed mining is missing from Trans Tasman Resources’ evidence, despite the EPA having requested it, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining told a hearing today. More >>
Opposition to seabed mining in blue whale foraging area
Wednesday, 5 February 2014, 3:28 pm | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
Key local opposition and evidence is starting to line up against seabed mining, with the latest being the local runanga Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) said today. More >>
NZ taxpayers fund planned habitat destruction
Thursday, 16 January 2014, 2:51 pm | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining today challenged the Government’s decision to give seabed mining company Trans Tasman Resources up to $5million a year under a ‘high tech’ grant scheme. More >>
EPA’s "incompetence” extends submissions on seabed mining
Friday, 20 December 2013, 12:01 pm | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
The EPA’s extension of the public submission period for the country’s first seabed mining proposal for another month was because it did not post the main application on its website until the day after submissions closed, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining ... More >>
Opposition against seabed mining evident in numbers
Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 11:38 am | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
Press release 16 December 2013 Opposition against seabed mining evident in submission numbers Thousands of New Zealanders are telling the EPA to say no to the first ever application to mine ironsands off the seabed, including former All Black Josh Kronfeld, ... More >>
Seabed Mining Application Will See Massive Opposition: KASM
Monday, 29 July 2013, 4:02 pm | Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
An application for a mining permit to take black sand from the seabed off the South Taranaki coast will be met with massive opposition, said Kiwis Against Seabed Mining today. More >>
