ACT leader Rodney Hide as a horrible dog is raiding a stinking garbage can that contains 'National's projected policies'. The abandoned policies are 'Student loan cuts', 'welfare cuts' and 'open cast mining'. The dog has the material on 'open-cast mining' in its mouth and is dragging it out of the garbage. Context - Act leader Rodney Hide says mining conservation land is "vital to New Zealand's future success". Hide reopened the debate about mining at his party's annual conference on Sunday when he said Act would allow mining in conservation land. He told TV ONE's Breakfast today that "if we shut mining down, we shut New Zealand down". (TVNZ 16 March 2011)