I do worry that the same thing of “big money, underhand PR and defamatory blogs” as written in the last article could be used to undermine Local Government. With the media obsessed with “click bait”, and newsrooms understaffed, the PR industry is having a field day. I do worry about how … [Read more...]
We have to be careful about the sort of campaign which WaterNZ is running
WaterNZ are running a “soft soaping” campaign to show how important the water reforms being promoted by the Government are. They will be reinforcing the fact that they have the solution to water issues. The media are playing their part by exposing every water problem this side of the black stump. … [Read more...]
This week’s speaker: Dr Te Maire Tau
Our Government is intending legislating to change the law regarding how water is delivered to us and how the waterways are controlled. Here is a link to an MFE guideline paper: https://www.mfe.govt.nz/essential-freshwater-new-rules-and-regulations Ngai Tahu, and now joined by Ngati Kahungunu, has … [Read more...]
It’s important that we get in behind Aotea Water Action in the Courts:
This is the team who are challenging the water rights issue about bottling of water and exporting it to China. It is really important for us to put our hands in our pockets and help fund this important challenging of this environmentally crazy exercise putting water in plastic bottles, loading them … [Read more...]
Fighting water issues, Operation: Stop the Bottling
Kia ora whānau - we hope you're all doing ok! Thanks for signing our Push Pause on water bottling petition We're getting in touch again to update you on a recent triumph :) and to ask for your help one more time ... Victory at LGNZ's AGM: We had a wee victory in August when LGNZ, the body … [Read more...]
A really neat idea for us to have rainwater tanks:
A friend, who notices these things, said to me recently that we aren’t having much rain these days. She trawls through the weather forecast and her eyes light up as she reads about rain being predicted. Each time I just hope she’s wrong, as I’ll get wet on my bike. She’s almost always wrong. So’s … [Read more...]
Drinkable rivers report:
It was exciting to receive the latest report from Drinkable Rivers during the week. Drinkable Rivers group has also produced a great film "A Brief History of the Ōtākaro/Avon River" which I recommend for you to all watch. It was poignant to watch and listen to Evan Smith on the side of the river … [Read more...]
Christchurch water chlorination
Over the last year, we've had a number of articles from Garry on chlorination and one talk. On 28 August 2019, CCC's head of the Three Waters, Helen Beaumont, spoke right at the time when the city was hit with a change in the regulatory system. Subsequent articles were published in February … [Read more...]
Proposed Government reforms potentially make our water assets vulnerable to privatisation
This week water policy moved back into the middle of public debates. At least it tried to. However, the National Party did its best to grab the public policy platform; but that was about “own goals”. While the media were focused on who had the biggest “Boag-ey”, the Government made a … [Read more...]
This Weeks Speaker – Jim Bradley
Jim is a Senior Consultant- Environmental & Public Health Engineer, Stantec New Zealand. One of our regular Tuesday Group members Rod Cameron has arranged for Jim to speak Jim will be joining us on ZOOM - some of us will be at Smash Palace, and others are welcome to join us on Zoom - … [Read more...]
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