Currently, exploratory drilling for oil and gas is not publically notifiable, meaning there are no public submissions or hearings before an independent board of inquiry and that we cannot have our say within the conventional legal system. This needs to change – we are calling on the Minister for the Environment, Nick Smith, to make exploratory drilling a publicly notifiable activity.
https://www.toko.org.nz/petitions/have-your-say-on-deep-sea-oil-1