Trans Tasman Resources has applied for a marine consent under the new EEZ legislation to mine iron sands just off the coast of Taranaki. TTR is privately held at present, however, you may wish to generally support investment and growth in New Zealand as I do.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/indu...mining-project

It commonly seems to me that numerous lobby groups make submissions with a very narrow focus, often obsessing over detrimental environmental effects alone, often ignoring the benefits to regional economies, and often ignoring the positive environmental effects which may arise from the displacement of more detrimental technologies which exist within the market.

If you wish as I do to balance the view of highly funded professional environmental lobby groups you may like to make a submission. It takes around ten minutes to do and you can find the form here;

http://www.epa.govt.nz/EEZ/trans_tas...s/default.aspx

The TTR website is here;

http://www.ttrl.co.nz/

The EEZ website and environmental information can be found here;

http://www.epa.govt.nz/EEZ/trans_tas...s/default.aspx