Gore District Council chief executive Steve Parry tabled a scathing report into the Government's Essential Freshwater Package at an extraordinary council meeting on Tuesday night. A Gore boss, in a scathing report, likens the Government's freshwater package as the "environmental sibling" of the KiwiBuild programme. Gore District Council chief executive Steve Parry says the package will rip the heart out of rural and provincial New Zealand. The government's freshwater reform package aims to improve freshwater quality in a generation by cracking down on farming practices and increasing regulation. Parry was reporting back to the council after attending a Local Government New Zealand Freshwater Forum held on September 24.

Source: Stuff October 08, 2019 06:22 UTC