The Resources Minister says a setback for expansion of the country's largest gold mine could result in the loss of up to a thousand jobs. 

Central Otago's Macraes gold mine applied for a permit under the Wildlife Act to clear vegetation on its site in a bid to expand its operation.  

Last month the Department of Conservation declined it, stating the company hadn't made clear how it would relocate more than 10 thousand lizards. 

Shane Jones told Heather du Plessis-Allan the lizards are as common as acne on a teenager.  

He says they're scattered throughout Otago, and farmers don't need special permits when carrying out work on their land. 

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The Resources Minister says a setback for expansion of the country's largest gold mine could result in the loss of up to a thousand jobs.&nbsp;
Central Otago's Macraes gold mine applied for a permit under the Wildlife Act to clear vegetation on its site in a bid to expand its operation. &nbsp;
Last month the Department of Conservation declined it, stating the company hadn't made clear how it would relocate more than 10 thousand lizards.&nbsp;
Shane Jones told Heather du Plessis-Allan the lizards are as common as acne on a teenager. &nbsp;
He says they're scattered throughout Otago, and farmers don't need special permits when carrying out work on their land.&nbsp;
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Shane Jones: Resources Minister on the lizards blocking the expansion of Central Otago's Macraes gold mine

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At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. 

 

The war: 6/10 

As much as you want to give a war a number, this is not World War III, it is not going to last four years. It most likely won't last four weeks. 

 

Helen Clark: 2/10 

Everything that is wrong with ideological jibber-jabber. From Hipkins to Starmer to Clark, their theory is less relevant in this modern chaotic world than ever. 

 

Dairy: 9/10 

Honestly, is it now close to being ridiculous? Five auctions from five. The protein surge is real and we are making bank. 

 

Bill “I saw nothing” Clinton: 4/10 

Overshadowed by his wife who looks as feisty as ever and, all things considered, came out of it pretty well – almost as though they were called as a political stunt. 

 

Dave Rennie: 7/10 

Got there at last. How low-key was that? Is it possible we just aren't as invested as we once were in All Black rugby? 

 

LISTEN ABOVE FOR MIKE HOSKING'S FULL WEEK IN REVIEW 

At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/richard-arnold-us-correspondent-on-the-latest-in-the-conflict-between-iran-the-us-and-israel/">The war: 6/10</a>&nbsp;
As much as you want to give a war a number, this is not World War III, it is not going to last four years. It most likely won't last four weeks.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/winston-peters-minister-of-foreign-affairs-on-the-attacks-on-iran-by-the-united-states-and-israel/">Helen Clark: 2/10</a>&nbsp;
Everything that is wrong with ideological jibber-jabber. From Hipkins to Starmer to Clark, their theory is less relevant in this modern chaotic world than ever.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Dairy: 9/10&nbsp;
Honestly, is it now close to being ridiculous? Five auctions from five. The protein surge is real and we are making bank.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Bill “I saw nothing” Clinton: 4/10&nbsp;
Overshadowed by his wife who looks as feisty as ever and, all things considered, came out of it pretty well – almost as though they were called as a political stunt.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/david-kirk-nz-rugby-chair-on-the-appointment-of-dave-rennie-as-all-blacks-head-coach/">Dave Rennie: 7/10</a>&nbsp;
Got there at last. How low-key was that? Is it possible we just aren't as invested as we once were in All Black rugby?&nbsp;
&nbsp;
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Mark the Week: We got a new All Blacks coach at last

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Where are we at with the war? 

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard makes a very compelling case that this thing is over in four weeks because that’s about when the petrol reserves in America get drained. The Strait is closed, no LNG is getting through, Trump cannot tolerate $100 a barrel and so he will capitulate. 

China can hold out. The Iranians, if they have kept a bunch of attack drones back, can hold out too, then go for some fuel sites in Arab states. You see his theory? It's not to be dismissed. 

But that’s not the only scenario. Bluster aside, and there is plenty of that from the White House, it does seem, as far as these things go, to be going well. 

The navy is gone, commercial planes are slowly flying again, Israel seems devastatingly effective in Lebanon, and the Kurds are in place with CIA-supplied weaponry, ready to jump the border. 

Whether the people rise up, when that happens, I have no idea, which could lead you to believe that what we end up with is not a complete transition but more a half-baked mess with vacuums and disorder. But a country that looks radically different to what it looked like a year ago, and with a decimated ability to be a nuclear threat, could be sold by Trump as a win. 

Of course, the people could rise, alongside the Kurds, storm the barracks, get the Shah's son ensconced and it's what, loosely, you would call a complete victory, which would be historic if you’ve followed the story of American interventionism. 

The cold, hard truth though is Trump in election year cannot afford to lose. So as make-shift and spontaneous as this may appear to some, he is not an idiot and never underestimate his passion for self-preservation.  

It's why, by the way, for those who worry, Russia and China are nowhere to be seen for their Iranian friends. 

Self-interest is the greatest weapon and motivator of all. 

If this works though, as in the Iranian regime we have known with its killing and evil is wiped off the face of the Earth, then everyone from Macron to Starmer to Clark to Hipkins will be working hard to explain why sitting around for decades gasbagging about how unacceptable it is and yet achieving nothing, is somehow a more effective strategy than actually taking the problem and solving it. 

Where are we at with the war?&nbsp;
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard makes a very compelling case that this thing is over in four weeks because that’s about when the petrol reserves in America get drained. The Strait is closed, no LNG is getting through, Trump cannot tolerate $100 a barrel and so he will capitulate.&nbsp;
China can hold out. The Iranians, if they have kept a bunch of attack drones back, can hold out too, then go for some fuel sites in Arab states. You see his theory? It's not to be dismissed.&nbsp;
But that’s not the only scenario. Bluster aside, and there is plenty of that from the White House, it does seem, as far as these things go, to be going well.&nbsp;
The navy is gone, commercial planes are slowly flying again, Israel seems devastatingly effective in Lebanon, and the Kurds are in place with CIA-supplied weaponry, ready to jump the border.&nbsp;
Whether the people rise up, when that happens, I have no idea, which could lead you to believe that what we end up with is not a complete transition but more a half-baked mess with vacuums and disorder. But a country that looks radically different to what it looked like a year ago, and with a decimated ability to be a nuclear threat, could be sold by Trump as a win.&nbsp;
Of course, the people could rise, alongside the Kurds, storm the barracks, get the Shah's son ensconced and it's what, loosely, you would call a complete victory, which would be historic if you’ve followed the story of American interventionism.&nbsp;
The cold, hard truth though is Trump in election year cannot afford to lose. So as make-shift and spontaneous as this may appear to some, he is not an idiot and never underestimate his passion for self-preservation. &nbsp;
It's why, by the way, for those who worry, Russia and China are nowhere to be seen for their Iranian friends.&nbsp;
Self-interest is the greatest weapon and motivator of all.&nbsp;
If this works though, as in the Iranian regime we have known with its killing and evil is wiped off the face of the Earth, then everyone from Macron to Starmer to Clark to Hipkins will be working hard to explain why sitting around for decades gasbagging about how unacceptable it is and yet achieving nothing, is somehow a more effective strategy than actually taking the problem and solving it.&nbsp;

Mike's Minute: Week one of the war

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US President Donald Trump has told a US news outlet he wants to be involved in picking Iran's next leader.  

He's told Axios that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son is a lightweight and unacceptable to him.  

Meanwhile, the death toll in Iran has risen to 1200, multiple Gulf countries are continuing to intercept missiles, and in Azerbaijan, an airport and a school were hit by Iranian drones. 

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that Iran is firing fewer drones and missiles as the US and Israeli forces expand their control of the air and sea. 

He says the Pentagon says they’re finding and destroying Iran’s mobile missile launchers. 

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US President Donald Trump has told a US news outlet he wants to be involved in picking Iran's next leader. &nbsp;
He's told Axios that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son is a lightweight and unacceptable to him. &nbsp;
Meanwhile, the death toll in Iran has risen to 1200, multiple Gulf countries are continuing to intercept missiles, and in Azerbaijan, an airport and a school were hit by Iranian drones.&nbsp;
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that Iran is firing fewer drones and missiles as the US and Israeli forces expand their control of the air and sea.&nbsp;
He says the Pentagon says they’re finding and destroying Iran’s mobile missile launchers.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE &nbsp;

Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on the latest in the conflict between Iran, the US, and Israel

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Shane Jones: Resources Minister on the lizards blocking the expansion of Central Otago's Macraes gold mine

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