About
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This repository is designed to facilitate visualisations of New Zealand's coal
mining industry. Everything from their original sources have been cleaned up. 
You should be able to import the .tsv files into any computer software and begin
your analysis.


Contact
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My details are:

   Tim McNamara <paperless@timmcnamara.co.nz>
   @timClicks


Source
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The source of the original files is Crown Minerals' website[1].


Copyright
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All of the original files are copyright Ministry of Economic Development (MED). 
They are used under licence. The licence is available from MED[1]. The licence's 
full text is here:

    Material featured on this site is subject to Crown copyright protection 
    unless otherwise indicated. The Crown copyright protected material may 
    be reproduced free of charge in any format or media without requiring 
    specific permission. This is subject to the material being reproduced 
    accurately and not being used in a misleading context. Where the material 
    is being published or issued to others, the source and copyright status 
    must be acknowledged.

    The permission to reproduce Crown copyright protected material does not 
    extend to any material on this site that is identified as being the 
    copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must 
    be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.

All other files, are owned by Tim McNamara. They are released under the Creative Commons
Attribution (New Zealand) Licence 3.0.


References
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   [1] http://www.crownminerals.govt.nz/cms/coal/facts-and-figures
   [2] http://www.crownminerals.govt.nz/cms/about-this-site/copyright