The Fast Track Wrecking Bill could see the seabed around Aotearoa turned into an opencast mine.
Nobody voted for that.
The Government is already considering a second sea bed mining application
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350...
I am amused - but saddened - with the juxtaposition of Central Govt around local representation - "Local Govt has no mandate for Maori wards" vs Central Govt around mining "we have a mandate to mine and don't need a referendum"
