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Grant Lightfoot, a former commercial diver, met Prince William in Britain and left a roll of Kiwi Econet with the King's farm manager. It costs just under $4 a bale against $2.40 for plastic.
Former miner Carter Allan, who worked underground for 40 years, and his neighbours in Ōhai and Nightcaps told RNZ about lost shops, a pine-planted mine site, big rates bills and why they are staying anyway.
Southland District Council is consulting on a re-grant lease of 3 years and 6 months so Bathurst Coal can finish processing and rehabilitate its Nightcaps site. Submissions close 23 November.
