Photo: RNZA planned workers' camp for staff who will build the new Waikeria Prison has been labelled "a prison to build a prison". About 300 workers would call the sports fields of Island Reserve to the south of Otorohanga home if the proposed camp gets the go-ahead. E tū union coordinator Ron Angel said the idea of a workers' camp was "beyond belief". It is just a prison to build a prison and that's not right." Mr Angel said he found the proposed daily drug and alcohol testing idea "offensive".

Source: Otago Daily Times October 04, 2018 17:48 UTC