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New Zealand First list MP Mark Patterson (left) with Santana Minerals Ltd chief executive Damian Spring at the site of the firm’s proposed Bendigo gold mine. PHOTO: FACEBOOK The proposed Santana mine should be backed, Mark Patterson writes.
After years of hard work and investment, a $13.6 million industrial hub for just outside Gore has been announced. It will be a 50-50 partnership between Hokonui Rūnanga and Robertson Investments and funded through a loan from the Regional Infrastructure Fund. At last week’s announcement are (from left) Hokonui Rūnanga manager Terry Nicholas, Gore district deputy mayor Joe Stringer, Robertson Investments owner Shona Robertson, Associate Minister for Regional Development Mark Patterson and kaumātua Michael Skerrett. Photo: Gerrit Doppenberg A planned $13.6 million industrial hub near Gore represents a significant investment that "can only bode well for the South, and for New Zealand", the associate regional development minister says.
Labour’s Greg O’Connor knows this Newlands bar like the back of his hand. “Here comes trouble,” is how the barmaid greets Labour MP Greg O’Connor upon entering the Newlands Arms, a pub the 67-year-old has been haunting since the 1970s.
Musician-turned-Greenpeace-guy-turned-politician Steve Abel could’ve had a master’s degree by now.
Mark Patterson. File photo: Francine Keach As has been noted in this column before, New Zealand First Taieri list MP Mark Patterson likes wool.
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