Just what is eating the Otago Regional Council these days? Events in recent days have done nothing to assuage public concern about the state of the regional council, how functional the relationships are in the council chamber and with management, and how morale is within the organisation. But council meetings were more like rubber-stamping exercises than public debates, and it was only in 2019 that full democracy was returned to the Canterbury Regional Council. Our regional council needs to sort things out for itself — before it gets sorted out by someone else. Councillors need to stop prevaricating and set these minimum flows as soon as possible.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 31, 2021 16:32 UTC