Stop seabed mining!

Yesterday, I delivered leaflets in Pātea and Waverley on my push-bike and was admiring all the signs across the community against seabed mining. It is crystal-clear: TTR does not have a social licence to operate in Taranaki. All of Taranaki is opposed to seabed mining. Every iwi and hapū have resisted it, community groups have taken a stand against this project for years, the South Taranaki District Council, New Plymouth District Council and the Whanganui District Council have all come out against it. As a founding member of the community group Climate Justice Taranaki, we have for many years supported the efforts by iwi to protect the ocean from seabed mining. I have spoken at all the EPA hearings, made submissions against the mining proposal, currently supporting the application in the Waitangi Tribunal, argued against the Fast Track and of course joined the protest actions. If you want an outspoken critic of seabed mining on the Taranaki Regional Council, then please vote Urs Signer for Taranaki Regional Council. Ngā mihi.