A group of Upper Clutha environmentalists are calling for an independent commissioner to be taken off a resource consent hearing to be held in December. Mr Nixon was a commissioner on both the Wanaka Water Sport facility and the Hewetson Langbein Nominees resource consent hearings, earlier this year. Asking for a commissioner to be removed was a serious request and the society had not done so lightly, Mr Haworth said. Other groups in the Upper Clutha also felt Mr Nixon did not assess correctly the impact of development on natural landscapes. "It’s a tricky job being a commissioner, no doubt, but these areas are protected under legislation and we think he isn’t doing his role to protect them," Mr Haworth said.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 04, 2016 17:08 UTC