The Last Minute Amendments to the Tīkapa Moana Protection Bill w/ the University of Auckland’s Dr Simon Thrush and Forest and Bird’s Bianca Ranson: 17 October, 2024

Conservation Minister Tama Potaka has made a last-minute amendment to the Tīkapa Moana Protection Bill that would create new “high protection” areas in the Hauraki Gulf.

The amendment would allow commercial fishing in these newly created protected areas.

Wire Host Caeden spoke to Dr Simon Thrush, Professor of Marine Science at the University of Auckland, about what he thought of the latest amendment. 

And they spoke to Forest and Bird Advocate Bianca Ranson  about their opposition to the bill amendment.