Politics
Fears that Three Waters could pit hort against urban needs
Finance committee hears concerns about food security under water services reforms.
Wage relief for meat works takes edge off
Immigration Minister’s announcement welcomed by industry under strain.
Exotics forestation surges on ETS carbon values
Plantings predicted to hit twice the rate envisaged by CCC.
Three Waters reforms under fire from auditor-general
Auditor-General John Ryan lays into proposals, raising concerns about weakened accountability of new water authorities.
Govt urged to listen to communities on Three Waters
Local government lobby group slates Bill as ‘expropriation without compensation’ of assets held by authorities for their communities.
Councils keep a closer eye on gravel
Extraction without harming the river is the aim as volumes increase.
Councils seek $150m a year to flood-proof rivers
Government asked to help protect peri-urban assets in major scheme to bolster defences by widening riverbeds and looking at land use.
Iwi push back on pause in forestry policy
Letter from ministers concerning exotic forests only generates uncertainty for iwi.
Nitrogen cap reporting off to a non-start
Feds seeks clarity as Government misses deadline for start of programme.
Ardern, China envoy soften tone at summit
Talk of cooling relations recalibrates in wake of speeches giving nod to 50 years of formal diplomatic relations.
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