Ms Bullock, a mokopuna of the late Olive Bullock of Nukumaru in South Taranaki, said she belonged to a rongoa collective that opposed the seabed mining, as did boating clubs up the coast. With Mr McCabe in Wanganui was Rochelle Bullock from the rongoa (natural healing) group Te Kopere Raehina, and Wanda Barker from Raglan. Mr McCabe said KASM was once leading the opposition, but the mana whenua and coastal communities were now in the frontline against the application “which would see the company mine the ocean bed 24/7 for 20 years”. “We can plan for the worst and hope for the best,” Mrs Noble said. The Ngaruahine Action Group held a hui on Saturday at Kanihi Pa Okaiawa and seabed mining was on the agenda.ĭaisy Noble, a spokeswoman for the group, said the overall messages that came from the hui were environmental concerns and threats versus economic benefit Crown imperatives versus growing national awareness, and opposition and the uncertainty of the impacts. “The plume will reduce the ability of photosynthesis for the phytoplankton and kelp which are primary sources at the bottom of the food web. Mr McCabe said Ohawe Reef off the coast from Hawera was a superabundant reef system that would be impacted by the seabed mining plume. Mr Dunlop fishes off Ohawe and is a farmer along the coast. Some say ‘no way’ others ‘yes’, but I am in the middle concerned about the environmental impacts.” South Taranaki District Council Mayor Ross Dunlop told the Chronicle the worse scenario if TTR’s application was successful was that the region would be left with a degraded ocean environment, coastal erosion and none of the 250 jobs proposed by TTR. ![]() The company aims to take up to 50 millions tonnes of sand from the seabed, and ship up to 5 million tonnes of iron concentrate to Asia every year. Trans-Tasman Resources has applied to the EPA to mine the seabed for ironsand. Seabed mining submissions to the EPA close today at 5pm. He noted Mr Kronfeld, a KASM ambassador, said in his submission to the Environmental Protection Authority that “Kiwis love our black sand and to sell it off to an international company that will ship it off to Asia leaving us to deal with the major threats to the environment is simply irresponsible”. Kiwis against Seabed Mining (KASM) president Phil McCabe, co-owner of Solscape eco-accommodation in Raglan, was in Wanganui on Friday to speak to iwi leaders. ![]() Thousands of New Zealanders, including former All Black Josh Kronfeld, are saying no to seabed mining 65 square kilometres off the South Taranaki coast, says the head of a group wanting to stop the proposed excavation. From left, Te Kopere Raehina rongoa practitioner Rochelle Bullock, KASM president Phil McCabe and Raglan resident Wanda Barker were in Wanganui to speak to iwi leaders about the proposed seabed mining of 65 square kilometres off the South Taranaki coast.
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