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Backroads to the Beehive: Coal, Politics and Division on the West Coast

Residents back higher mining royalties and say the region has not seen enough of the wealth extracted from its land.

Summary by RNZ
With less than three weeks until Election Day, RNZ's South Island Correspondent Tim Brown and camera operator Louis Dunham have toured Te Waipounamu to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly from the places and people where the political spotlight does not usually shine. They take readers on a journey from the Backroads to the Beehive, starting with the West Coast.

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Otago Daily Times broke the news in Otago, New Zealand on Sunday, October 18, 2026.
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