John Cruden
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John Cruden
@johnc56.bsky.social
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Not here to tell journos how to do their job, but one of you should spend half an hour on the Internet and find out just how much tax that mine paid during its years of operation.

Y’know… so we can judge the costs and benefits of having these mines.

www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Govt's whopping $256m clean up bill for one coalmine
The Government will have to fork out $256m to clean up Stockton coal mine on the West Coast - more than triple earlier estimates.
www.thepress.co.nz
December 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
5 minutes and 22 seconds of tough talking by the Race Relations Commissioner about the treatment of Māori and their language. The progress that we made from 2021 onwards undone by the coalition government.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej3P...
NZ Human Rights Commission, UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 2025
YouTube video by Te Kāhui Tika Tangata NZ Human Rights Commission
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
May 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Principles denied,
Voices rise in waiata,
Unity prevails.

Written by AI
April 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM