Irishman Creek station in the Mackenzie Basin, the birthplace of the Hamilton jet engine – which allows boats to skim across shallow water – has come on the market.
Irishman Creek station on market – Kylie Klein-Nixon, Timaru Herald
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Minister scolded Conservation boss over Mackenzie shambles – David Williams, Newsroom
Pivot irrigators on glacial outwash in the Mackenzie Basin.
Read more:https://www.newsroom.co.nz/greenroom/minister-scolded-doc-boss-over-mackenzie-shambles
Simons Pass loses High Court appeal – Joanne Holden, Timaru Herald
Read more:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/123699071/high-court-rules-consents-for-agricultural-conversion-a-discretionary-activity-at-mackenzie-station
Media Release: EDS welcomes High Court decision relating to dairy conversions at Simons Pass Station in the Mackenzie Basin.
Environment Canterbury dismisses Twizel dumping concern over Lake Ohau demolition material – Charlie O’Mannin, Timaru Herald
Demolition material from the Lake Ōhau fires that is being stored on a site in Twizel is not toxic according to Environment Canterbury.
Mike Joy: My message to Jacinda
Dr Mike Joy says of our freshwater you do not ‘clean up’ rivers; you stop polluting them.
Cabinet reshuffle: The winners and losers from Jacinda Adern’s lineup – Henry Cooke and Thomas Coughlan, Stuff NZ
Kiri Allan
The class of 2017’s other big mover is East Coast MP Kiri Allan. She’s had a very good fortnight, having won her formerly staunchly blue seat from the National Party.
Allan was always pegged for promotion and has long been regarded as someone on the rise in Labour – her relationship with Ardern goes back to before their time as MPs. Allan gets the conservation portfolio.
DoC Reviews ‘Nonsense’ Media permits – David Williams, Newsroom
A third of the country might be off-limits to camera-wielding media who don’t have an official escort or permission, if a Department of Conservation policy is rigorously enforced.
