From Farah Hancock at RNZ:A NZ First donor wants Fast Track legislation to free up permanently protected land for quarrying. J Swap, a company involved in quarrying, wants land protected under QEII covenants to be available to quarry. It also gave $5000 to NZ First’s Shane Jones in August 2023 and $3000 to National’s David MacLeod in September 2023. It gave NZ First $11,000 in December last year. It lodges a submission saying that QEII land should be subject to the Fast Track Projects Bill.

Source: Stuff June 01, 2024 01:22 UTC