Water Infrastructure Issues
Hurunui water moratorium delayed
The New Zealand Herald
22 July 2010
22 July 2010
Nick Smith. Photo / Supplied The starting date for a moratorium on water use from Canterbury's Hurunui River has been extended to August 2 so the public can be properly...More>
Community irrigation fund rules relaxed
Radio New Zealand
17 July 2010
17 July 2010
The Agriculture Minister has decided to fund a wider range of community irrigation projects to try to boost their...More>
QLDC water contract to be reviewed
The Southland Times
17 June 2010
17 June 2010
The Queenstown Lakes District Council will reassess the terms and conditions of its contract with its main water contractor, United Water, which is coming up for a performance-based renewal after three...More>
National policy statement on water won't be rushed
The National Business Review
16 June 2010
16 June 2010
New Zealand will have a national policy statement on water but it will not be rushed, Environment Minister Nick Smith says. Green co-leader Russel Norman has criticised the Government for how long it was taking to progress and the degradation happening in the...More>
Labour slams pending electricity sector reforms
The National Business Review
14 June 2010
14 June 2010
The Electricity Industry Bill recieved another green light last week but Labour has pledged to repeal the bill once back in power. The bill contains a suite of electricity sector reforms designed to boost competition, price stability and security of...More>
Call for council to improve water quality
The Southland Times
28 May 2010
28 May 2010
Public Health South yesterday called for the Central Otago District Council to improve the sediment-laden drinking water supply in Lake Roxburgh...More>
Feds concerned about Meridian special pleading
The National Business Review
19 May 2010
19 May 2010
Irrigators are concerned that Meridian Energy may use the Electricity Industry Bill asset swap to renege on previous water allocation concessions. The bill proposes a transfer of Meridians Tekapo A and B hydro power stations to Genesis Energy in exchange for the Whirinaki gas turbine...More>
Summers of water cuts coming up
Waikato Times
16 May 2010
16 May 2010
People in the Wellington area are in for two summers of water restrictions while work is done to earthquake-strengthen the region's storage lakes. Individual councils will decide what form restrictions take and whether to penalise residents who flout the...More>
Summers of water cuts coming up
The Southland Times
16 May 2010
16 May 2010
People in the Wellington area are in for two summers of water restrictions while work is done to earthquake-strengthen the region's storage lakes. Individual councils will decide what form restrictions take and whether to penalise residents who flout the...More>
Grant helps pump local water plan
The Gisborne Herald
12 May 2010
12 May 2010
Further research for Gisborne District Council's water plan can go ahead with a $50,000 grant from the Government's Community Irrigation Fund. The money is part of $447,000 for two projects in Canterbury and one each in Gisborne, Taranaki and...More>
Support expected for irrigation plan
Radio New Zealand
29 April 2010
29 April 2010
The promoter of an irrigation scheme in Wairarapa believes farmers there are likely to support a plan to pump water to some drought-prone parts of the...More>
Supreme Court to hear appeal on competing water interests
Radio New Zealand
31 March 2010
31 March 2010
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal to decide which of two competing interests can take water for irrigation from the Rakaia River in...More>
Environment Canterbury bill passed under urgency
The National Business Review
31 March 2010
31 March 2010
The Government has been given the power to replace Environment Canterbury's councillors with a panel of commissioners under a bill passed by Parliament tonight after a marathon debate under urgency and fierce opposition from Labour and the...More>
Think-tank gives NZ a 'C' report with a B- for effort
The National Business Review
30 March 2010
30 March 2010
New Zealand has been given a C score in its first report card by the New Zealand Institute, and even in areas where the country performs well it falls short of an...More>
Council says foul drinking water will improve
Radio New Zealand
27 March 2010
27 March 2010
The Wellington Regional Council says foul-tasting water issuing from taps in the city's northern suburbs will begin to improve on Saturday...More>
Total fire ban in place to protect Dunedin's water
3 News
21 March 2010
21 March 2010
By Samantha Hayes The temperatures are already wintry in Dunedin, but there is a total fire ban in effect. The large Wenita Forest fire, three weeks ago, came within 5km of the reserves that supply the citys...More>
Total fire ban in place to protect Dunedin's water
3 News
19 March 2010
19 March 2010
By Samantha Hayes The temperatures are already wintry in Dunedin, but there is a total fire ban in effect. The large Wenita Forest fire, three weeks ago, came within 5km of the reserves that supply the citys...More>
Wainui stream an ongoing concern
The Gisborne Herald
17 March 2010
17 March 2010
GISBORNE District Council has committed to a meeting with Wainui residents in the next few months to discuss local environment and ecological matters. Mayor Meng Foon and chief executive Lindsay McKenzie proposed meeting at a later date after several residents expressed grave concerns at the community...More>
Water supply company questioned
The Southland Times
16 March 2010
16 March 2010
The efficiency of the company responsible for looking after the water supply in Queenstown was questioned yesterday by a councillor, who suggested the company was partly to blame for a budget...More>
Water take gets consent
The Southland Times
15 March 2010
15 March 2010
A Lumsden-based company has been granted consent to take water from the Oreti and Waimea Plains groundwater zones. Environment Southland's consents committee has approved an application by Maka Ltd to take up to 6048 cubic metres of water a day for pasture and crop irrigation.More>
Call for long-term water storage solution for Far North
Radio New Zealand
14 March 2010
14 March 2010
A Northland farming leader and regional councillor says it is time to get serious about water storage in the Far...More>
Southland farmers investigate proposed water charges
Radio New Zealand
14 March 2010
14 March 2010
Southland farming representatives will be having a careful look at new water charges that the regional council's proposing to make sure irrigation users in particular aren't burdened with an unfair share of the...More>
LNG project to include US$200m Port Moresby headquarters
Radio New Zealand International
10 March 2010
10 March 2010
Details have been released in Papua New Guinea of the planned headquarters of the LNG project in Port Moresby. The Post Courier newspaper says the 7.2 hectare development will comprise permanent office and housing for the Exxon Mobil workers, mostly expatriates who will be employed in the LNG...More>
Drinking water under threat, says Norman
The Southland Times
5 March 2010
5 March 2010
Christchurch people need to "wake up" to the threat intensive agriculture poses to their drinking water, Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says. Yesterday, Norman kayaked Lake Ellesmere, which has a toxic alga concentration, as part of his national "dirty rivers rafting tour".More>