9. Question No. 9—ResourcesTANYA UNKOVICH (NZ First) to the Minister for ResourcesQuestion No. 9—Resources9. TANYA UNKOVICH (NZ First) to the Minister for Resources: What announcements has he made on doubling the value of New Zealand's mineral exports by 2035?Hon SHANE JONES (Minister for Resources): As the Minister for Resources—not of resources—I visited Blackball last week the home of the Labour Party to launch the Government's growth strategy for the minerals sector where I was not only greeted by a small but motley bunch of protesters but overwhelmed by the size of the crowd in the Blackball Hall where there was standing room only. I shared that our strategy will actually double the mineral exports value and with the right direction and settings jobs will grow regional resilience and we'll no longer rely on the Congo for our minerals.Tanya Unkovich: What will the Government's minerals strategy achieve?Hon SHANE JONES: Firstly we won't continue the falsehood of importing minerals from countries that have abysmal environmental standards abysmal child work safety practices—but no sir this vision which I've articulated on behalf of the Government will boost not only regional productivity resilience and although it may be modest in size in order to save the climate we must mine our way to the future.Tanya Unkovich: Why is the minerals sector critically important for responding to climate change?Hon SHANE JONES: This strategy focused on climate minerals otherwise known as green minerals and as the International Energy Agency has articulated the world in order to reach net zero by 2050 will need six times more minerals for low emissions technology. And I can assure you we will not hurt any endangered birds in particular those called Darleen.Tanya Unkovich: What feedback has he—SPEAKER: Please just wait till I call you.Tanya Unkovich: What feedback has he—SPEAKER: Yeah wait till I call you. OK now you're up.Tanya Unkovich: What feedback has he received on the launch of the minerals strategy?Hon SHANE JONES: Overwhelmingly positive. Indeed that organ of the fourth estate otherwise known as ZB radio has raised the importance of the trade-off presented in this document: that in order to have more solar panels to have the other accoutrements necessary for the climate change journey we need minerals; we need mining. And perhaps it could not be better said than by the 80-year-old former miner Les Neilson: I started my life in Blackball 80 years ago. To be at the meeting to hear Shane Jones Parliament's greatest orator I don't believe I'll live to hear another speech like that again."SPEAKER: It would be nice to think that this House might not hear another speech like that again!Hon Marama Davidson: Will he commit to no new coal mines on public conservation land; if not why not?Hon SHANE JONES: Of course that depends on how that member defines "conservation land" because stewardship land most certainly is not conservation land. That's the first thing. The second thing is that we need to respect the property rights of investors who already have enterprises on conservation land including the Conservation department's allocation to Rua Minerals for a new permit in the Coromandel bush last week.Hon Marama Davidson: Does the Minister accept that the International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook from 2021 states that the pathway for less than 1.5 degrees of warming needs "no new oil and gas fields approved for development" and "no new coal mines or mines extensions" and if not why not?Hon SHANE JONES: I am aware of those aspirations. They will be taken into account and given appropriate importance as we secure energy resilience in New Zealand and as the member and the person sitting next to her ride their bikes know that coal is keeping the lights on."