People clean up rubbish spilled from the Fox Glacier landfill. Photo: Photo: suppliedConservation Minister Eugenie Sage has criticised Westland District Council for not having the to cash clean up Fox River, but the mayor says the region's few ratepayers should not need to pay. The Department of Conservation took over the cleanup, dubbed Operation Tidy Fox a few weeks ago, after severe flooding exposed a disused landfill in late March. Photo: RNZConservation Minister Eugenie Sage called in DOC after Westland District Council walked away. "The Westland District Council said it couldn't cope and it was calling down a short-term loan to pay for some of the costs involved.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 11, 2019 00:56 UTC