June 19, 2020
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The public is to be consulted for one week on changes to the seabed mining laws, after a last-minute plea from environmentalists. The Seabed Minerals Amendment Bill 2020 was scheduled to be tabled in Parliament yesterday. But Te Ipukarea Society, Kōrero O Te `Ōrau and other concerned individuals requested it be referred to a select committee. Society member Kelvin Passfield said these amendments should not be passed in their present form.
