A petition signed by over 35,000 New Zealanders calling on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to ban seabed mining in Aotearoa was delivered in Pōneke (Wellington) on World Ocean Day.
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) and Greenpeace Aotearoa presented the petition to Green Party MP Eugenie Sage and Te Pāti Māori (Māori Party) co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer at Te Whare Paremata (Parliament), surrounded by iwi and volunteer groups including Ngāti Ruanui, Oceanic Voices, the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) and Environment & Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand (ECO).
The signatures were gathered by Greenpeace, KASM, DSCC, ECO, LegaSea, Forest & Bird, WWF and Te Pāti Māori.
People present:
James Hita, Greenpeace Aotearoa
Phil Mccabe, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
Eugenie Sage, Green Party
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Te Pāti Māori
The Oceanic Voices group with Torrise Laulu: Dom Tupou, Brianna Fruean, Aigagalefilifepulea'i-Tapua'i and Sabrina Manū