Victory for the ocean! Gericht stoppt Meeresbodenabbau in Neuseeland!

The New Zealand Court of Appeal confirmed that the proposed seabed mining operation, that would dredge a 66 square kilometre section of the seabed off the coast of Patea for ironsands, does not meet numerous environmental and Treaty of Waitangi principles and therefore could not go ahead. 

Deb Ngarewa-Packer, Kaiarataki at Te Runanga o Ngati Ruanui from Aotearoa (New Zealand) shares this emotional video message to let everyone know that they have won the case against seabed mining in their waters in Aotearoa.