The Southland Regional Council says it has ramped up the monitoring of toxic waste levels at Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.
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The Environment minister David Parker today slammed New Zealand Aluminium Smelters, saying he was frustrated at a lack of co-operation.
He told RNZ the government is unable to intervene directly, so has given Environment Southland $300,000 to measure waste levels at the Bluff smelter, which has stockpiled 106,000 tonnes of cyanide-laced hazardous waste less than 100 metres from a fast-eroding beach.
The council's chief executive, Rob Phillipps, spoke to Māni Dunlop.
