Water Quality 2

Since my first post on water quality, alot of media attention has been focused on the performance and cost of  some of the Nations Waste Water and Sewage Plants. First I would like to comment on Local Government New Zealands submission to the Ministry for the...

  MEDIA RELEASE   lr4istrdcc! rlelii’q$n6ti: pa r12!€ ]lrl’tr:;of,6t5 t$R^ Z.-ni :a.rq2ei?t6 F arrl]Jl2’jl !!*r rirlr,: r: Government proposals for foreshore and seabed trampled democracy says    LGNZ   30 Apnl2010 Proposals for iwi planning...

The New Year.

Well 2009 has finished in typical governance style, with a number of farmers getting phone calls followed by abatement notices from Regional Council about spraying of Manuka and Kanuka up to 5yrs ago, as reported in various farming papers. The silly thing about it is...

My View

The reason I started this website is because I could not get adequate media coverage. If at all. The purpose is the disinsemination of  information and Regional Council  news that the media will not print. All comments made are my views with regard to the chosen...

water quality

A Personal Opinion Piece by Councillor Mike Plowman Recently the National Media reported that the Manawatu River is one of the most polluted rivers in the world pointing the finger to Horizons Regional Councils own report on Dissolved Oxygen, as measured at Hopelands...

nitrogen

Two days ago a partition from fed farmers arrived in the mail asking that I sign and gather more signatures and return. I am not going to do either. The preamble and the conclusion are commendable, but sadly the 4 bullit points are poorly thought out and written in a...