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Waimate Island, Coromandel Peninsula. Image: Paul Barter, Cawthron Institute 2021
Green growth in a blue setting WRITER | KAITUHI MATT PHILP As defined by our Exclusive Economic Zone, this country’s ocean estate is 15 times the size of our land mass. To put it another way, 94 percent of Aotearoa is under water. That presents a massive opportunity, remarks Dr Chris Cornelisen. “The ocean,” he says, “is our future.” So how can we better use it to improve lives and create jobs in a sustainable way?
