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'Constipated bureaucratic beast': Shane Jones says Otago fast-track mine going too slow
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. RNZ is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 13 Oct 2026, 15:50 UTC. The headline in use is “'Constipated bureaucratic beast': Shane Jones says Otago fast-track mine going too slow”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The New Zealand First deputy leader visited the mine site near Cromwell on Tuesday, and took aim at "woke, brittle, anti-mining mythology" as a group of local protesters rallied at the gate.
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