The beach at Marsden Point, Whangarei, 1982
gelatin silver print 327 x 304 mm - Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1997

#MarsdenPoint #Whangarei #304mm- #Tāmaki #Matapihi #Kōtuia #beaches #women #mothers #infants #Māori #nudes #Photograph

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/1852171/source

Winston First have been spreading a story that the poor state of our roads was caused by a change to importing road bitumen, instead of producing it locally at Marsden Point. All because of the last Labour government and those bloody greenies;

https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/08/nz-firsts-doomed-deal-to-reopen-marsden-point-refinery/

A few points on that.

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#roading #WakaKotahi #RONS #MarsdenPoint

NZ First intends to throw heaps of taxpayer money down a deep hole at Marsden Point. Shane Jones says the government is investigating the feasibility of reopening.

Marsden's owner, Channel Infrastructure, said in November that it would cost billions of dollars as it had been fully decommissioned and there was “no part that could be restarted”.

But reality doesn't phase our minister for masturbation. After all, it's not his money.

https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350219935/shane-jones-says-government-will-investigate-reopening-marsden-point-oil

#MarsdenPoint #Oil #NZPol