
Pacific protesters against deep sea mining challenge US exploration ship
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>