Shane Reti

Agree

Yes, the world needs these minerals to build batteries for the green energy transition.

National is likely sympathetic to arguments about securing critical minerals for technology and the energy transition, aligning with its economic-development framing, though it would still face environmental and legal constraints in NZ. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Agree

Yes

National generally supports resource development and investment, and has often criticised what it sees as overly restrictive consenting; however, NZ’s regulatory history (EPA/EEZ Act decisions rejecting seabed mining proposals) makes an unqualified “Yes” less certain. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Slightly agree

Yes, it is cleaner and less damaging than extracting these minerals from the land.

National may accept claims that offshore extraction could reduce some land impacts, but this is contested science and NZ regulators have previously found environmental effects uncertain, limiting strong agreement. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Slightly disagree

No, the sediment plumes risk suffocating our fisheries and marine life.

Concerns about sediment plumes and impacts on fisheries are salient in NZ debates and EPA decisions, but National would be more inclined to manage these via conditions/monitoring than treat them as a definitive reason to say no. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Slightly disagree

No, it destroys fragile deep-sea ecosystems that will take centuries to recover.

National tends to weigh environmental risks against economic benefits and is less likely to adopt a categorical ecosystem-protection argument as decisive, though it would acknowledge environmental concerns in principle. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Disagree

No

A blanket prohibition conflicts with National’s pro-extraction, pro-growth stance; the party has typically preferred enabling development subject to consenting rather than outright bans. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Disagree

No, not until we fully understand the long-term environmental science.

National is generally less aligned with precautionary moratoria and more with proceeding under a consenting framework; it would prefer further science alongside development rather than waiting for full long-term certainty. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.