The Cleine Line

Kia ora, and welcome to The Cleine Line. I’m Jamie Cleine — Mayor 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 council 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 stuff around the council table, 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 job, and in this place we call home.
The Cleine Line episodes will cover my work as a rural Mayor in the Buller District of New Zealand and the diverse communities that I serve. I will comment on the issues and opportunities that I encounter in my role, and provide commentary on these as I see them. I aim to inform and share some insights into my role and how I approach leadership, strategic long term thinking and advocacy. The episodes will traverse the serious to the less serious aspects of being a mayor 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.

• No. of episodes: 4
• Latest episode: 2025-07-20
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