Questions about conflicts of interest in the Fast Track Bill process are motivated by political stigma, and it is 'economically necessary', Regional Development minister Shane Jones says.
NZ First MP Shane Jones. Despite not speaking at the pōwhiri ... Jackson said Turia was a battler and “maybe the most influential Māori politician of this generation”.
Shane Jones’ draft mining strategy is politically divisive. But New Zealand must face the practical and ethical implications of its own reliance on the critical minerals extracted elsewhere.