A St Andrews man plans to seek compensation from Hunter Down's Irrigation Ltd for stress. On June 12, the Government announced it had granted Hunter Downs Water Ltd (HDW) requiring authority status to develop and operate the Hunter Downs Irrigation Scheme. "It is my understanding that Hunter Downs Irrigation has still not publicly confirmed that the scheme will proceed or where the asset will be installed.'' Under the PWA, the irrigation company would have to meet various checks and balances before it could acquire people's land, Mr Rowley explained. I don't know when the PWA was last used for an irrigation scheme.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 03, 2017 18:22 UTC