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Goodbye, Freddie

In December, Resources Minister Shane Jones said, “… if there is a mining opportunity and it’s impeded by a blind frog, goodbye, Freddie.” He was referring to our native frogs, pepeketua, which are so evolutionarily ancient and unique that they’re on a par with tuatara. They are rare taonga species that land each hop with a belly flop rather than feet first.

Jones probably meant

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