New Zealand’s crown minerals regulator has allowed Greymouth Petroleum to piggyback off an existing oil and gas permit to survey more than than 260 square kilometres off the coast of Taranaki, Radio New Zealand reported.
The move initially puzzled Climate Justice Taranaki researcher Catherine Cheung. “Why would they allow further seismic survey if, as we understand, there’s no new offshore petroleum permits?”
Read the full report: Radio New Zealand