PRESS RELEASE Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) and Greenpeace will be in the Supreme Court today for the last battle in a long fight to oppose a seabed mine in the South Taranaki Bight. The groups are appearing, alongside iwi, other environmental groups and fishing interests, to defend their resounding judgement from the Court of Appeal last year which upheld [read more…]
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Groups against seabed mining will “vigorously oppose” Supreme Court appeal by miners
PRESS RELEASE The Supreme Court today granted Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) leave to appeal a 3 April Court of Appeal judgment that upheld a High Court decision which had quashed the company’s consent to dig up 50 million tonnes of the South Taranaki Bight seabed every year for 35 years. It granted leave to appeal, the approved question being whether the [read more…]
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KASM, Greenpeace to oppose seabed miner’s bid for Supreme Court appeal
Press release Kiwis Against Seabed Mining and Greenpeace today confirmed that they will oppose Trans-Tasman Resources’ application to seek leave from the Supreme Court to appeal the recent Court of Appeal decision quashing its seabed mining proposal. Trans-Tasman Resources is seeking to dig up 50 million tonnes of the South Taranaki Bight every year for 35 years in a 66 [read more…]
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The Court of Appeal decision: the end of seabed mining?
By Cindy Baxter, KASM Chairperson Last Friday, six months after a three-day hearing in Wellington, the Court of Appeal released a landmark decision that, we believe, could stop the destructive and highly experimental seabed mining industry from being unleashed in New Zealand waters. It’s been a long road since September 2016 when the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) first called for [read more…]
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Victory for the ocean: Court rules protecting the environment is a bottom line
KASM and Greenpeace press release … In wake of Court of Appeal decision, groups call for ban on seabed mining Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) and Greenpeace today hailed the decision by the New Zealand Court of Appeal denying Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) permission to mine the South Taranaki Bight as a victory for the oceans. The Court of Appeal [read more…]
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Controversial seabed mining case in Court of Appeal this week
PRESS RELEASE Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) and Greenpeace are in the Court of Appeal in Wellington this week, defending last year’s High Court ruling that quashed Trans-Tasman Resources’ (TTR) consent to mine the South Taranaki Bight seabed. TTR is appealing the 2018 High Court decision that removed its consent to mine a 66 square kilometre area of the Bight [read more…]
Full entryOur submission to the Māui and Hector’s dolphin consultation
We’ve finished our submission to the Government on the Māui and Hector’s dolphin threat management plan. Read our submission here. Submissions close on Monday 19 August at 5 pm. In our submission, we have focussed only on the seabed mining aspect of the consultation document, including the issues around prospecting and exploration. There’s several options for your involvement. use our [read more…]
Full entryProtecting Hector’s and Māui Dolphins – Make a Submission
Māui and Hector’s dolphins, need your help. The Government has released a new consultation document that outlines options for a threat management plan, but we’re concerned it doesn’t go far enough. KASM’s response is focused on Part D of the consultation – Management of Other Non-Fishing Threats – and, in particular, on seabed mining (page 33 of consultation document). [read more…]
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Swimming for KASM: Athol’s making more waves
In 2017, Patea Emergency Department doctor Athol Steward walked from Raglan to Whanganui to raise money for KASM. The Walk The Walk For Our Ocean was EPIC: weeks of walking the wild coastlines of our North Island west coast, and he raised $10,000 for KASM. And now he’s at it again – this time Athol is swimming a Very Long [read more…]
Full entryKASM, Greenpeace, file cross-appeal on seabed mining
PRESS RELEASE Kiwis Against Seabed Mining and Greenpeace have today sought leave from the Court of Appeal to cross-appeal on the High Court judgment that quashed Trans-Tasman Resources’ (TTR) consent to mine the South Taranaki Bight seabed for ironsand. Two weeks ago, the company sought leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal against the High Court’s decision in [read more…]
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