{"id":77002,"date":"2026-04-11T07:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/11\/sam-neill-vineyard-bendigo-ophir-goldmine-otago-santana-minerals"},"modified":"2026-04-11T07:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:00:30","slug":"thatll-be-the-end-actor-sam-neill-joins-fight-to-stop-controversial-goldmine-near-his-new-zealand-vineyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=77002","title":{"rendered":"\u2018That\u2019ll be the end\u2019: actor Sam Neill joins fight to stop controversial goldmine near his New Zealand vineyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Neill says \u2018one of the most beautiful and remote places in the world\u2019 will be permanently changed if Bendigo-Ophir wins fast-track approval<\/p>\n<p>The grapevines in <a href=\"http:\/\/theguardian.com\/film\/article\/2024\/aug\/05\/the-second-act-of-sam-neill-the-truth-was-i-didnt-know-how-long-i-had-to-live\">Sam Neill<\/a>\u2019s vineyard in Central Otago \u2013 a picturesque region known for its undulating hills and wines \u2013 are pregnant with pinot noir grapes, almost ripe for picking as autumn arrives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy family has been here for over 150 years. I\u2019m connected to this land like nowhere else on earth,\u201d the 78-year-old actor and winemaker says. \u201cIt\u2019s perfect for wine. It\u2019s great for tourism. And it\u2019s one of the most beautiful and strange, remote places in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/11\/sam-neill-vineyard-bendigo-ophir-goldmine-otago-santana-minerals\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neill says \u2018one of the most beautiful and remote places in the world\u2019 will be permanently changed if Bendigo-Ophir wins fast-track approvalThe grapevines in Sam Neill\u2019s vineyard in Central Otago \u2013 a picturesque region known for its undulating hills and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5252,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,65,730,56,933,3528],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-environment","category-mining","category-new-zealand","category-new-zealand-politics","category-sam-neill"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77003,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77002\/revisions\/77003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}