Hon NANAIA MAHUTA: We respect the views across the Pacific and know how important this issue is. We also recognise, at this point, that there's no consensus amongst Pacific nations on this issue of a moratorium on deep-sea mining. Notwithstanding that, New Zealand's focus is on communicating the risks we see around deep-sea mining, and building on those matters in the region that we can agree on, especially how we ensure key knowledge gaps in our understanding of the deep sea are filled. We consider the first step in filling these gaps is to work as a region to clearly articulate the region's ocean science priorities to ensure funding and research effort is best targeted. We already fund the Pacific Community Centre for Ocean Science based within the Pacific community and are discussing with them how to do more in this particular area.