"The South Taranaki Bight is an ecologically important area for marine mammals, including twelve threatened taonga species. The Panel has identified underwater noise, sediment plume effects, and cumulative impacts as credible risks and has found that for highly vulnerable species any additional impact would be unsustainable and cannot be reliably avoided or remedied through conditions."
"The Panel has reached the view that the adverse impacts ...are sufficiently significant to be out of proportion to the project’s regional or national benefits."
📸 KASM
