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The coalition government is to use its controversial ‘fast track’ legislation to bypass drawn-out environmental approvals and speed the development of coal.
The majority of submitters are in favour of a government proposal to allow mining to resume in New Zealand after it was cancelled under Labour.
5 people have been arrested after a Greenpeace protest outside the Wellington office of mining lobby group Straterra, which closed a city road.
Meanwhile, the former prime minister of the small Pacific nation has criticised the New Zealand government for embracing gas drilling.
