The Cleine Line
Kia ora, and welcome to The Cleine Line. I’m Jamie Cleine — Mayor of Buller District, a local born and bred, farmer, business person, and now a podcast host too. Now just to clear things up right from the start — this isn’t the council line, it’s the Cleine Line. It’s not a press release, it’s not a meeting minute, and it’s definitely not spin. This is just me, speaking directly to you, about what’s going on — around Buller, across local government, and sometimes even up in the Beehive. Each episode, I’ll take a few minutes to share what I’ve been up to — the good stuff happening in our communities, the challenging stuff around the council table, and the occasional eyebrow-raiser coming out of Wellington. I’ll give you a few behind-the-scenes thoughts, maybe a laugh, maybe a rant — and hopefully give people a better sense of what goes on in this job, and in this place we call home. The Cleine Line episodes will cover my work as a rural Mayor in the Buller District of New Zealand and the diverse communities that I serve. I will comment on the issues and opportunities that I encounter in my role, and provide commentary on these as I see them. I aim to inform and share some insights into my role and how I approach leadership, strategic long term thinking and advocacy. The episodes will traverse the serious to the less serious aspects of being a mayor including some community characters, events, social and news commentary. The Cleine Line is my own podcast and is not the official line of the Buller District Council.
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Episodes
7 hours ago
7 hours ago
This episode discusses the importance of Bathurst Resources and their Stockton coal mine to the Buller economy and our community. This means utilising the coal resources available including the Denniston Plateau to ensure a decades long time period to plan and enable a just transition of the economy and the people of the Buller. Making a plan for when the coal runs out.
This episode points out that stopping mining and developing new economic initiatives aren't mutually exclusive, they can and need to work in parallel. A successful coal sector provides the economic backbone to explore, underwrite and deliver diversification but this work, although started already will take decades. Fortunately, there is decades worth of viable coal reserves to do just that.
2 days ago
2 days ago
The Cleine Line is hosted by Buller Mayor - Jamie Cleine and is a place for honest conversations about local government, life on the Coast, and everything in between.
This isn’t the official council line — it’s a personal take on what’s happening in our communities, around the council table, and sometimes from the halls of Parliament too.
Each episode, I’ll share what I’ve been up to, what I’m hearing on the ground, and what I think it means for Buller.
We’ll talk about local challenges and opportunities — from infrastructure to climate, housing to health — but also the people and stories that make our district such a unique and diverse place to live.
New episodes dropping soon — short, sharp, and grounded in real local leadership.
If there’s a topic you want covered on The Cleine Line, a question you’d like answered, or someone in the community we should hear from — flick me an email at jamie@thecleineline.com.