Who We Are.
KASM brings together Kiwis from all walks of life - we're tangata whenua and tauiwi, coasties and city-dwellers, fishers and environmentalists, surfers and scientists, young and old. We're ocean lovers who won't stand by while seabed mining companies threaten our moana. Together, we're building a movement to protect our ocean from seabed mining for generations to come.
We are a non-political, non-profit organisation, funded by membership subscriptions and donations, whose opinions reflect wider public sentiment.
KASM are an incorporated society and our subscriber base includes people from right across the motu. While most members are committed to a range of different causes, KASM has a solitary focus – proposals to mine the foreshore and seabed of New Zealand.
What We Do.
KASM is a vehicle to help coastal residents to learn about any current and future proposals, and to illustrate the deep public opposition to these type of operations. We aim to protect and preserve Aotearoa's unique areas of coastline for future generations to enjoy.
The West Coast Ironsands is the largest in a range of targets for industry, but it is by no means the only one. Sand is daily being extracted in vast quantities in a number of coastal sites across the country, for use in concrete, abrasives and glass; and as a source of gold and other minerals.
Our watch list of cases includes any instances of sand or minerals taken from the NZ foreshore and seabed.
Our Mission.
KASM are a spontaneous community-based action group, who strongly oppose any non-essential seabed mining.
Our objectives are to raise public awareness of current proposals to mine the New Zealand seabed and coastline, educate and inform the public as to the consequences of those proposals, and ensure that current and future governments stop considering these and any future seabed mining operations.
Our goal is to ensure that New Zealanders understand what is happening around them, so that they may make properly informed decisions on environmental matters that affect these unique, and much loved marine and coastal environments.