https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/national/environment/parliament/parliament-clerk-sparks-outrage-over-deep-sea-mining-statement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=parliament-clerk-sparks-outrage-over-deep-sea-mining-statement Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:30:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/national/environment/parliament/parliament-clerk-sparks-outrage-over-deep-sea-mining-statement/#comment-491 Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:30:47 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=272447#comment-491 Please listen to your own words Tangata Vainerere – the Crown works ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE. You cannot separate yourself, as the Crown, from the people. The government is elected by the people, for the people.
With regards to the Crown, when BBC interviewed me they asked who our Head of State is – the King of the Commonwealth of course. Which has me thinking… years back Princess Di was a massive help in our fight against the production of land mines. Is it possible for our King’s Representative to ask the King his personal view on deep sea mining? I suspect he will agree with Sir David Attenborough who said, “The time has now come for us to cherish our green inheritance, not to pillage it – for without it, we will surely perish.”
Kua tae ki te tuatau no te akaperepereanga i to tatou Aorangi – me kore te reira, ka mate tatou.

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