New Zealand Oil Spill Update 30 October 2011

Ban sought on uranium shipping. The Green Party wants a review of the legislation banning nuclear weapons and nuclear-powered ships from New Zealand waters to include a ban on uranium being shipped through Nelson and other ports. Green MP and oceans spokesman Gareth Hughes is to draft a member's bill in an effort to have uranium shipment bans covered by the New Zealand Nuclear-Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987. The Nelson Mail reported last month that

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