Indigenous Ppl experience many barriers to meaningful participation in #plasticstreaty talks… competing w Industry reps both on & outside MS delegations for space is a cruelty. Polluters’ attendance marginalises Indigenous Rights & contradicts the entire purpose of this mtg.

BREAKING Ngāti Ruanui representatives and Greenpeace activists are taking action together at the mining giant Manuka Resources AGM in Sydney to protest its plans to begin seabed mining in Taranaki with Trans-Tasman Resources. More to come...

Rukutai Watene of Ngāti Ruanui loudly addressed shareholders, saying that seabed mining was not wanted in Taranaki. And, just as mana whenua there have resisted seabed mining for more than a decade, so they would continue to do now that TTR is seeking to bypass proper process via

“We shall resist them wherever they are” Matua Rukutai says no seabed mining in Taranaki.

At #PlasticsTreaty negotiations where Indigenous Peoples had to disrupt plenary to deliver 3-min speech to be heard, are hosting a panel/press conf of frontline reps impacted @ each stage of the plastic lifecycle. Our lone opportunity to share perspectives #NotAboutUsWithoutUs

Why do we need Indigenous Peoples & their knowledge systems in #PlasticsTreaty talks? Because non-Indig science got it wrong & invented toxic plastics @ the expense of the livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples, frontline communities, usually those of colour & those most vulnerable

"Why Waitangi Day is so special for me" greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story… via Juressa Lee #waitangi #waitangi2025 #nzpol #waitangiday #ToitūTeTiriti

“Quite often institutionalised racism is done by accident. This is purposeful, deliberate knowing act…” Imagine ignoring expert advice that wld keep ppl alive bc some will accuse Māori, Pacific of privilege, for bowel cancer diagnoses earlier than others rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

Third fire in 5 yrs for Global Metal Solutions, Papakura… same crowd applying for waste incineration in Te Awamutu. Just another reason the community s/be v concerned. Too many risks to human health, environment, food sources & climate rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

McCallum Bros is applying for consent to mine sand. “Website states it is their way of being transparent.” Using Fast Track to bypass pub consultation & environment checks is disingenuous, just like TransTasman Resources’ lack of good faith w Taranaki communities on seabed mining

A South African billionaire worth nearly $500 billion wants to cut Social Security and Medicare for American seniors—many of whom are surviving on an average of just $762 a month. Let that sink in. The richest man on Earth, who pays little to no taxes, thinks your grandmother’s

Global Nth colonisers have exploited the Pacific for ‘resources’, land, nuclear testing, militarism & never meaningfully compensated or apologised for their destruction. Who could ever believe the greenwash used to justify deep sea mining of our ocean? greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press…

Enviro minister has been nothing short of lacklustre & inert, “asleep at the wheel” while critical issues mount. 3rd tranche of plastic bans was low hanging fruit, hard work done. Can’t name a single progressive thing she’s done. An unmemorable career newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/16/sin…

Forty years of resistance in the Pacific, via Juressa Lee greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story…