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Climate change is intensifying, sea levels are rising and the very existence of low-lying Pacific Islands is under threat. The Cook Islands, though, has a plan to assure their peoples鈥� future. Enter deep sea mining, harvesting metallic nodules on the bottom of the sea floor for use in things like electric car batteries and mobile phones. Its supporters say it鈥檚 a climate change 鈥榮olution鈥�- a better alternative to mining on land. And one that could make Cook Islanders very rich indeed. Its detractors worry we鈥檙e messing with its Moana - or ocean 鈥� with no real idea of the impacts. Katy Watson travels to Rarotonga to find out how islanders feel about searching for 鈥榞old鈥� on the sea floor.

Producer: Lindle Markwell
Presenter: Katy Watson
Studio Manager: James Beard
Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman
Editor: Penny Murphy