Hon NANAIA MAHUTA: We're acutely aware of the environmental risks associated with deep-sea mining. As a member of ISA, New Zealand is working to ensure that deep-sea mining cannot take place unless high standards of environmental protection can be met. With regards to our advocacy within the ISA, New Zealand has continually engaged on the development of its draft regulatory framework for the exploitation of seabed minerals in the area, including submissions in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. We will submit a further contribution this week. We urge any country considering deep-sea mining to ensure it is only done subject to robust legal frameworks, effective governance structures, and high standards of environmental protection. We do this mindful that New Zealand's own regulatory framework allows for deep-sea mining under certain conditions and subject to robust regulatory control.