Something from Eugenie Sage that my fellow Councillors and staff at Environment Southland would find interesting to read. The Hawke's Bay Regional Council has a big issue on its hands - or at least the ratepayers of the region have some thinking and digging to do.
Is the HBRC confused about its role? Are the Water Wars well under way already, as Alan Liefting suggests?
"There is something strange and disturbing going on in Hawke’s Bay involving the proverbial fox and the hen house.
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HBRC) is the enthusiastic principle promoter of the $230-million Ruataniwha Plains water storage scheme, a project which would see a 77 metre high dam and reservoir built on the Makaroro River to irrigate another 30,000 hectares of on the Ruataniwha Plains, and a dam and irrigation scheme on the Ngaruroro River.
The functions of a regional council are quite clearly spelled out here.
It would seem that a majority of HBRC councillors and senior staff are confused about their role as an environmental regulator, instead taking on the role of an economic development agency and irrigation promoter."
Monday, June 25, 2012
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Bobby,
I slipped low into the posts and found this wee gem.
This is an area where you & I could find common ground.
I shall research on this issue a fair bit as my busy schedule allows.
Thanks for the heads up.
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