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Majority of NZers support charging for water – survey. Kate Gudsell
The online survey, run by Water New Zealand, had nearly 5000 respondents and was evenly distributed through urban, regional and rural areas.
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne – Radio NZ
EDS welcomes new commitments to freshwater reform
“Imposing a differential royalty on freshwater taken from rivers, lakes and aquifers has always made good sense,” says EDS CEO Gary Taylor.
“Freshwater is a public good and when it is taken for a profit-making enterprise, it makes sense to clip the ticket. That will help drive the best and most efficient use of our precious freshwater.
Day Two from EDS Conference Tipping Points
MP Eugenie Sage, standing in for party leader James Shaw, said that nature has a fundamental right to life, and a Green government would order a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Resource Management Act.
Farming Talk Fest: Part One – RNZ
Country Life hosts a round table discussion looking at some of the key challenges facing farming in New Zealand.
Two chipping in earn their living as dairy farmers, and two others rattling the cage say current farming models need changing; that more attention must be given to the environment and the social well being of communities, profit mustn’t be the only consideration in a farming system.
Day One from EDS Conference Tipping Points
It was freshwater policies at 10 paces on the first day of the Environmental Defence Society’s Tipping Points conference yesterday, with both National and Labour releasing their policies.
In search of unconventional solutions – Rod Oram
“The last 50 years have without doubt seen the most rapid transformation of the human relationship with the natural world in the history of humankind.”
High Country land sales `illegal` – RadioNZ
Dairy farmers challenge tougher nutrient loss plan – Newsroom
Years of collaboration between dairy farmers, environmentalists and Environment Canterbury aimed at improving water quality has collapsed into a court battle…..