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October 22, 2025
Greenpeace Cook Islanders holding a banner reading “Don’t Mine the Moana” have confronted an exploration vessel as it returned to Rarotonga port today, protesting the emerging threat of seabed mining. Four activists in kayaks paddled alongside the Nautilus, which has spent the last three weeks on a US-funded research expedition surveying mineral nodule fields around ... <a title="Pacific protesters against deep sea mining challenge US exploration ship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/22/pacific-protesters-against-deep-sea-mining-challenge-us-exploration-ship/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific protesters against deep sea mining challenge US exploration ship">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Nauru’s ambition to commercially mine the seabed is likely at risk following President Donald Trump’s executive order last month aimed at fast-tracking ocean mining, anti-deep sea mining advocates warn. The order also increases instability in the Pacific region because it effectively circumvents long-standing international sea laws and processes ... <a title="Trump’s push on deep sea mining leaves Nauru’s commercial ambitions ‘out in cold’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/trumps-push-on-deep-sea-mining-leaves-naurus-commercial-ambitions-out-in-cold/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s push on deep sea mining leaves Nauru’s commercial ambitions ‘out in cold’">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Greenpeace Aotearoa has condemned New Zealand for “standing by” while “deep wounds are inflicted on its Pacific neighbours” by silence over deep sea mining. Greenpeace’s seabed mining campaigner James Hita made the critical statement today after a dramatic shift at the UN Oceans conference in Lisbon this week when several Pacific ... <a title="Greenpeace condemns NZ silence on Pacific deep sea mining risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/02/greenpeace-condemns-nz-silence-on-pacific-deep-sea-mining-risks/" aria-label="Read more about Greenpeace condemns NZ silence on Pacific deep sea mining risks">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2022
RNZ Pacific Palau, Fiji, and Samoa have announced their opposition to deep-sea mining, calling for a moratorium on the emerging industry amid growing fears it will destroy the seafloor and damage biodiversity. The alliance was announced just as a United Nations Oceans Conference began in Portugal this week. The moratorium comes amid a wave of ... <a title="Fiji, Palau and Samoa call for deep-sea mining moratorium at UN conference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/30/fiji-palau-and-samoa-call-for-deep-sea-mining-moratorium-at-un-conference/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji, Palau and Samoa call for deep-sea mining moratorium at UN conference">Read more</a>
