Austrian Oil giant OMV has sent a 34,000 tonne oil rig, the size of a rugby field, into New Zealand waters today.
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"Radical and collective change" needed to stop drilling in Taranaki
A Taranaki descendant is upset that the government has just opened up vast areas of the ancestral lands of hapū and iwi Māori in Taranaki to potential fracking. His claims are being backed by Climate Justice Taranaki, who are also calling for a more radical and collective change to bring a complete stop to the oil and gas drilling in their area.
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Ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration
The Green Party is celebrating the passing of the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill, banning new offshore oil and gas exploration in Aotearoa.
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Patea kids serve sea mining message to Acting PM
The Acting PM Winston Peters was served a serious sea mining message on a plate from Patea Area School. Students found a novel way to be heard bringing the best of their seafood cupboard to the top man at the beehive.
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Illegal oil dumpers could face jail, $300k fine
Three illegal dumpers will appear in court tomorrow for dumping oil drums in Manurewa and the Waitākere Ranges. The maximum penalty for individuals is two years imprisonment and a fine of up to $300,000.
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Te Kāhui o Rauru to appeal seabed mining in High Court
South Taranaki iwi representative group , Te Kāhui o Rauru, will appear in the Wellington High Court to appeal the Environmental Protection Authority's decision allowing Trans Tasman Resources Ltd to mine the Taranaki seabed.
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'We're addicted to oil'- Dayle Takitimu
"We're addicted to oil and we need to work out how to get ourselves off that addiction, that addiction is driving so much foreign policy including New Zealand's involvement in it at the moment it's driving war, it's driving a whole lot of things."
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PM announces new ban on future oil, gas exploration
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has received criticism this morning from Taranaki and the oil sector after announcing the government's new ban on future oil and gas exploration.
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Peaceful protest in Taranaki opposes seismic surveying off West Coast
Taranaki locals have taken to the shores of Ngamotu to protest seismic surveying by multinational oil and gas giant Schlumberger off the coast of New Plymouth.
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NewsOil protesters team up to challenge 'The Beast'
Protesters are teaming up to protest against ‘The Beast’, a seismic survey vessel commonly known as the Amazon Warrior. The ultimate hope is to shut down the survey and to install a marine mammal sanctuary.
