Our moana. Our whenua. Our Tiriti.
Not Trump's to take.
The most recent receipts. Share these — that's what they don't want you to do.
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Trump minerals deal — January to March 2026
Luxon said it was "very preliminary." Cabinet had already been briefed.
NZ has been in closed-door talks with the US about a critical minerals framework — the same template Trump used to pressure Australia. Luxon told media discussions were "very preliminary." Cabinet documents released later revealed officials had already negotiated amendments to the text.
📊 Deputy PM David Seymour admitted on live TV he had "seen a summary of it." Luxon had just said he didn't know the details. The Waitangi Tribunal filed an urgent claim saying the deal could be finalised "without Māori, or anyone else in Aotearoa, being made aware" — breaching rangatiratanga and kāwanatanga.
💡 Chlöe Swarbrick: "When exactly did New Zealanders decide to be in Trump's corner? Luxon didn't campaign on this." Over 13,000 people signed a Greenpeace petition saying no.
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Taranaki seabed mining — 2026
Courts said no. Iwi said no. Now Trump wants the vanadium.
Trans Tasman Resources has been trying to mine iron sands off the Taranaki coast for years. Courts rejected it. Iwi delivered a trespass notice to TTR in Sydney. But Trump's minerals deal could reopen the door — the US specifically wants vanadium, which sits off Taranaki's coast.
📊 Trump signed an executive order in 2025 to accelerate seabed mining globally. The US has already done deals with the Cook Islands. Australia signed a minerals deal with Trump in late 2025. NZ is next in line. The profits go offshore. The environmental damage stays here. Forever.
💡 Russel Norman, Greenpeace: "Is the NZ Government going to allow the waters of the west coast to be trashed, fish stocks impacted, indigenous rights violated — to fuel the US's dreams?"
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Treaty Principles Bill — April 2025
307,000+ submissions. 90% said no. Vote: 112 to 11. Annihilated.
The Treaty Principles Bill received over 307,000 submissions — the most in NZ history. The website crashed under the volume. 90% of written submissions opposed it. 85% of oral submissions opposed it. The Justice Select Committee recommended it not proceed.
📊 The final vote was 112 to 11. ACT was the only party to support it. When it was voted down, most MPs stood and applauded and sang a waiata. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke: "This bill has been absolutely annihilated." Seymour claimed the submissions were mostly "bots." ACT says they'll try again before the 2026 election.
💡 This is not over. ACT has signalled they will continue pushing. The 2026 election is your chance to make sure they can't.
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Crown Minerals Amendment Act — passed July 2025
96% opposed it. Shane Jones passed it anyway. On purpose.
The Crown Minerals Amendment Act reversed the 2018 ban on offshore oil and gas exploration. 5,524 submissions. 96% opposed. It passed anyway on 31 July 2025 — and changed the purpose of the Crown Minerals Act from "managing" to "promoting" mining.
📊 The same Shane Jones who passed this law is now the minister negotiating NZ's minerals deal with Trump. He said Trump's fast-track mining programme was "high praise" for the system he set up here. The government has also earmarked $80 million as a minerals slush fund for mining companies.
💡 Labour, Greens and Te Pāti Māori all opposed it. They contend it breaches Māori rights and Treaty obligations. The Waitangi Tribunal has an active claim on this right now.
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Regulatory Standards Act — passed November 2025
98.7% of submissions opposed it. The UN raised concerns. They passed it anyway.
The Regulatory Standards Act passed despite 98.7% of public submissions opposing it. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples wrote to the NZ Government saying it risked undermining Treaty obligations. The Waitangi Tribunal issued an urgent report urging the Crown to halt it.
📊 Tania Waikato was among those who submitted against it. The Māori Women's Welfare League, the NZ Law Society, the NZCTU and 18,000 New Zealanders represented by lawyers at the Tribunal all opposed it. The Crown proceeded anyway. Even Winston Peters later said he'd repeal it — after voting for it.
💡 Green MP Tamatha Paul: "An ideological project that has been rejected by New Zealanders." Labour, Greens and Te Pāti Māori have all committed to repealing it if elected in 2026.
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The pattern — 2024 to 2026
This is not a coincidence. It is a plan.
Treaty Principles Bill. Crown Minerals Act. Fast-track Approvals Act. Regulatory Standards Act. Trump minerals deal. The pattern is identical every time — reduce consultation, sideline Māori, remove Te Tiriti protections, open the door to corporate extraction.
📊 The Waitangi Tribunal has issued urgent reports on multiple bills this term. Every time, the Crown has proceeded anyway. The government has joined the US Minerals Security Partnership, published a minerals strategy to double mineral exports to $3 billion by 2035, and earmarked $80M for mining companies — all while negotiating with Trump.
💡 Follow: Tania Waikato · Te Pāti Māori · Toitū te Tiriti · Greenpeace Aotearoa · Jane Kelsey · ActionStation. The 2026 election is coming. This is what it's about.