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![Letters: I'm nearly 80 – and ready to change for the planet's sake](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Letters: I'm nearly 80 – and ready to change for the planet's sake
OPINION: 'Our Government is intent on doing what we as a country have always done.'
![Letters: Cancer patients don't have time to wait; why I marched down Queen St](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Letters: Cancer patients don't have time to wait; why I marched down Queen St
OPINION: 'The Government would be wise to stop prioritising potholes.'
![Letters: Environmental protests won't pay the bills](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Letters: Environmental protests won't pay the bills
OPINION: 'If we mine the land, it will heal, just as it has in the past.'
![‘Dreaming’: Greenpeace labels Govt plans to reverse oil and gas exploration ban a ‘pipe dream’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
‘Dreaming’: Greenpeace labels Govt plans to reverse oil and gas exploration ban a ‘pipe dream’
Legislation to undo the 2018 ban will be introduced to Parliament later this year.
![Editorial: Tension between environment and economic development looms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Editorial: Tension between environment and economic development looms
OPINION: 'We've got unavoidable trade-offs to make,' says Shane Jones.
![Shane Jones’ secret lunches with West Coast mine bosses not publicised](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Shane Jones’ secret lunches with West Coast mine bosses not publicised
Regional Development Minister says he wanted to avoid a media circus.
![Shane Jones talks mining on The Country](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Shane Jones talks mining on The Country
Shane Jones, Samuel Whitelock, Dan Hodgen, Phil Ropiha, Toby Williams.
![Act says 'drill baby, drill' as Govt unveils new mining strategy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Act says 'drill baby, drill' as Govt unveils new mining strategy
Jones says mining could be 'a vehicle for New Zealand’s transformation'.
![Kiwi music stars fight against gold mine plan beneath conservation land](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Kiwi music stars fight against gold mine plan beneath conservation land
It could be among the first such projects approved under Govt bill.
![Iwi leaders meet with ministers over oil and gas exploration](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Iwi leaders meet with ministers over oil and gas exploration
'We need to make sure our rights and interests are protected.'
![The small West Coast town sitting on a valuable mineral](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The small West Coast town sitting on a valuable mineral
It's used in everything from mobile phones to solar panels and electric vehicles.
![Patrick Phelps: Is mining the reason Australia is richer than New Zealand?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Patrick Phelps: Is mining the reason Australia is richer than New Zealand?
OPINION: Patrick Phelps responds to Liam Dann's column.
![Claire Trevett: Luxon and Stanford visit the 1980s; method in Shane Jones' fast-track madness](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Claire Trevett: Luxon and Stanford visit the 1980s; method in Shane Jones' fast-track madness
Stanford's education shift has shades of the 1980s about it, but it might work.
![Is NZ bringing in 'dirty' coal from Indonesia?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Is NZ bringing in 'dirty' coal from Indonesia?
ANALYSIS: MPs turned a blind eye while NZ imported Indonesian coal.
![Stock exclusion, winter grazing, and SNA changes in RMA reform](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Stock exclusion, winter grazing, and SNA changes in RMA reform
Federated Farmers says the changes “mark the end of the war on farming”.
![Seabed mining company pulls out of hearings; opponents furious](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Seabed mining company pulls out of hearings; opponents furious
The company wants to mine 36km off the coast from Pātea in the South Taranaki Bight.
![Pātea seabed mining fight continues](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pātea seabed mining fight continues
Today is the first of an eight-day hearing to reconsider the application.
![Illegal gold mining? West Coaster denies $200k gold charges](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Illegal gold mining? West Coaster denies $200k gold charges
The Crown says Peter Morrison was trying to extract as much gold as he could.
![Trans-Tasman Resources backs fast-track consent bill](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Trans-Tasman Resources backs fast-track consent bill
The company wants to mine ironsands from the South Taranaki seabed.
![What Fletcher Building might declare in half-year result next week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
What Fletcher Building might declare in half-year result next week
Gearing could be at the top end of the range and dividends to shareholders could drop.
![Former mining boss admits false statements, settles case with FMA](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Former mining boss admits false statements, settles case with FMA
The case relates to anonymous posts allegedly made on a sharemarket chatroom.