Thursday, 04 April 2013 15:52

Horizons help ‘green Jafas’

Written by Rural News Group

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THE HOUND hears that the ‘Green Rig’ – a mobile environmental display owned by Horizons Regional Council – has been sold to Auckland Council.

The rig cost $1.2 million, but was sold for $185,000. Farmers hated it for the perceived anti-farming messages it presented. Your old mate reckons that as few farmers inhabit Auckland, maybe the Queen St farmers will be targets for an anti-farming message from the new owners. Meanwhile the $1.01 MILLION lost by Horizons on this fantasy trip is yet another cost to struggling rural ratepayers.

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