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Big dry handicaps irrigators
Te Papa responds to exhibit criticism
Museum’s water quality display irks farmers
Wairarapa gets $7.11m PGF water boost
The Government’s Provincial Growth Fund is putting $7.11 million into creating a sustainable water supply for Wairarapa.
Certainty promised – O’Connor
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says farmers want greater certainty around water issues and he promises they will get this from the coalition government in the coming year.
Time for a mature conversation on water
Essential Freshwater’s $80b bill
Dairy farmers say over-stringent freshwater policies will cost New Zealand at least $80 billion in the next 30 years, but will not greatly improve water quality.
Government’s proposed water reforms blasted
The Government’s proposed water reforms have been blasted by a regional council with top performing water quality.
NZ firm to monitor global lakes
A Christchurch company has won a major technology contest with a satellite-based remote sensing solution that could monitor the water quality of every lake globally.
Water reforms could be ‘recipe for disaster’
Disregarding the social and economic effects of the proposed water reforms is a recipe for disaster, warns Federated Farmers Waikato president Andrew McGiven.