If this is the case then they need to tell us.

Solid Energy need to let the wider tax paying public, who have bailed them out to the tune of a quarter billion dollars, that they are not using this money for risky new start ups, and instead are using it for winding down of their existing operations to provide a just transition to their workforce to jobs that don’t fry the planet.

Fonterra need to let the communities of Mangatawhiri and Mangatangi know that they have given up on plans for a new mine in their area.
And stop holding these two rural communities in a state of dread, and give them certainty so that they can carry on with their lives, without this uncertainty hanging over them.

So come on Solid Energy and Fonterra, stop ducking and diving, stop “prevaricating and trying to confuse”. Come clean and tell us honestly what your intentions are.