Word: taranaki
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...prospects for development of New Zealand industry, previously stunted for want of a cheap domestic fuel source. Some New Zealanders even launched into heady talk of using the gas to generate the power for electric furnaces that could extract iron ore from the hitherto useless mineral-laced sands of Taranaki province. But in the short run, what raised New Zealand's hopes the most was Holyoake's report that the Kapuni gas carried with it a substantial quantity of light oil which, if it can be fed into the $56 million refinery now under construction at the North...
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