When the Skies Go Quiet: Regional Fight for Flights
Kia ora — Jamie Cleine explores how disappearing airline routes affect communities like Buller, tracing Westport’s aviation history and the real-life impacts on healthcare, tourism, jobs and local confidence.
The episode looks at the commercial pressures facing regional carriers, new government support measures, and what communities can do to keep vital connections open so the coast can thrive.
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Whitebait: The Silver Season of the West Coast
Kia ora — Jamie Cleine explores whitebaiting on the West Coast: what whitebait are, the cultural importance for Māori and local communities, and personal memories from Buller families and elders.
The episode examines environmental pressures, management and compliance efforts, and how community action and rules aim to protect the fishery so future generations can keep the tradition alive.
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Designing Growth: How the West Coast Is Defying Decline
Kia ora — Jamie Cleine, Mayor of Buller, explores why official projections paint the West Coast as declining while recent data shows modest population growth driven by international migration and lifestyle relocations.
The episode explains that projections are conditional scenarios, not certainties, and outlines practical strategies to make growth stick: targeted attraction of workers, multi-year job pipelines and training, better housing and services, and new ways to reinvest resource revenues into lasting community infrastructure.
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Local Votes, Big Impact: Why Your Ballot Matters in Buller
Kia ora — Jamie Cleine, Mayor of Buller, explores why local government and the upcoming local elections matter. He explains how councils shape daily life, the shared challenges of infrastructure, climate resilience and affordability, and the critical need for cooperation with central government.
Jamie zooms in on the West Coast and Buller, highlighting the importance of unity across districts and the strategic role of the Port of Westport as a resilience and economic asset. He urges listeners to vote, get involved, and choose representatives who will advocate effectively for the community.
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The Lost Lagoon Parkrun Story - Walk, Run, Connect
Kia ora — welcome to The Cleine Line with Jamie Cleine, Mayor of Buller. In this episode Jamie explores the rise of Parkrun and how the global movement has taken root in Westport with the new Lost Lagoon Parkrun.
We hear from local organisers, volunteers and visiting runners about the event's inclusive, community and mental-health benefits, plus partnerships like Speed Freaks. Join the Lost Lagoon Parkrun Saturdays at 8am — free, friendly and for everyone.
Kia ora, and welcome to The Cleine Line. I’m Jamie Cleine — Former Mayor (2019-2025) 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 official 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 things, 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 place we call home. The Cleine Line episodes will cover my previous work as a rural Mayor in the Buller District of New Zealand and the diverse communities that I served. I will comment on the issues and opportunities that I encounter, and provide commentary on these as I see them. I aim to inform and share some insights into how I approach leadership, strategic long term thinking and advocacy. The episodes will traverse the serious to the less serious 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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