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Re:Mining firm Rio Tinto sorry for destroying Aboriginal cav... by mdoms on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:02PM (#27988180)
They haven't left NZ. Every couple of years they go "we're super serious guys, this time we're REALLY going to leave for realz", then Meridian or the government offers them some sweetener to stick around with a new termination date (in this case, "ok well we will hang around but only until 2024 when we really will leave, mark my words").
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Re:Mining firm Rio Tinto sorry for destroying Aboriginal cav... by vosper on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @04:19PM (#27989209)
> then Meridian or the government offers them some sweetener to stick around with a new termination date

NZ government owns 51% of Meridian, so really in either case it's the government offering them a sweetener :)

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