BREAKING:
The New Zealand Government is negotiating with Trump to give the US to access to critical minerals in Aotearoa.
The prospect of large scale opencast strip-mining of the seabed in Taranaki for vanadium to be used in weapons manufacturing by the USA is horrifying.
And that’s just for starters.
We cannot allow it to happen.
https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/30/nz-in-talks-with-us-on-trump-minerals-deal/?utm_source=nickofnz&utm_medium=nickofnz
Nick Young :tinoflag:
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