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Podcast: The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Episode: Tama Potaka: Conservation Minister on the expansion of Macraes gold mine in Otago
Description: A potential change of heart from the Department of Conservation, which rejected a bid to expand the country's largest gold mine in Otago. Â It initially declined Macraes' permit because details were missing on rehoming endemic lizards, a decision heavily criticized by Resources Minister Shane Jones. Â DOC now says there was a miscommunication, and it will work to progress the application. Â Â Conservation Minister Tama Potaka told Heather du Plessis-Allan DOC and the company which owns Macraes, OceanaGold, worked on the matter yesterday. Â He says they had a very productive meeting, and he expec...