18 Aug 2025

Around the motu: David Williams in Christchurch

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 18 August 2025
Rakaia River, Canterbury.

Rakaia River, Canterbury. Photo: 123rf

David talks about the departing ECAN regional councillors who say government interference has loomed large in their decision to quit, local election shenanigans and long-running saga involving the Rakaia River's water conservation order comes to an end.

David Williams is Newsroom's Te Waipounamu South Island Correspondent

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