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Daily review 20/08/2026

Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, August 20th, 2026 - 2 comments
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Daily review is also your post.

This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day.

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2 comments on “Daily review 20/08/2026 ”

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    That massive consented datacentre just south of Nightcaps, with a huge Mercury Energy wind farm generation investment riding on it …

    … doesn't have a tenant.

    The economic development showcase project for all the wrong reasons, 10 weeks to polling day.

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    Hopefully future applicants can see that it is possible to suck it up, improve their applications (in this case by halving the size of the proposal), and bring some environmental guardians on board as you re-propose it.

    https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/19/how-new-fast-track-has-revived-colossal-salmon-farm-once-rejected-for-ecological-harm/

    Granted of course Fast Track is fundamentally wrong and should be stopped..

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