Manuherikia Catchment Water Strategy Group chairman Allan Kane addresses the audience at a meeting about the scheme in Alexandra. Lifestylers are questioning what is in it for them in regards to a potential wide-spread irrigation scheme in the Manuherikia and Ida Valleys. Manuherikia Catchment Water Strategy Group chairman Allan Kane addresses the audience at a meeting about the scheme in Alexandra. About 70 people attended a public meeting about the scheme, held in Alexandra this week and hosted by the Manuherikia Catchment Water Strategy Group. If we want our children and our children’s children to have a future, we need water."

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