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I find it strange that this is all of a sudden back, and fast tracked at that just after the recent news about the data centre in Southland.

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[–] AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz 2 points 5 days ago

I'm not sue what to make of all this but when I see quotes like:

Turner says: “If we had to go through a normal consenting process, they just take so long, they’re so expensive, a project like this would really struggle.”

I can't help but think of my teenagers whining when they don't want to do a chore properly.

We have rules and processes for good reasons, it's frustrating when it seems to be 'cool' to throw all this away because it's inconvenient