PoliticalCrisis🇳🇿New Zealand🇺🇸United States🇿🇦South Africa5d agoThe strange saga of New Zealand’s most controversial local news startup. In April, RNZ confirmed something that Central Otago local news startup Crux Media had been reporting for months . E.Coli levels in the Shotover River, near Queens town’s wastewater treatment plant, were four times higher than the safe swimmable levels.6.1/10·The Spinoff·Queens, New YorkPrimary Source ↗Details →
EconomicUpdate🇦🇺Australia🇲🇱Mali16d agoAccusations of backroom demands have prompted political outrage. What’s going on? As hearings on Santana Minerals’ controversial application to build four massive open-pit mines near Bendigo in Central Otago draw to a close , focus has shifted to the Australian company’s relationship with Kā Rūnaka, which represents four hapū of Ngāi Tahu.4.1/10·The Spinoff·Bendigo, VictoriaPrimary Source ↗Details →