Water Use
Save water or face boil notice message getting blurred in Akld
Auckland missed its water target yesterday, but oddly, Auckland Council is still saying the result is "good news". If daily consumption is more than 400 million litres Aucklanders will have to boil… Audio
ECAN to get tough with farmers who haven't installed water meters
Canterbury's regional council ECAN is getting tough with farmers who have not installed water meters, after three years of them being required, it says. Audio
Govt helps fund Canterbury irrigation
The government has pledged $6.64 million to Central Plains Water, a project to provide mountain-water irrigation to the Canterbury Plains.
Councillors demand answers over dam
Hawke's Bay regional councillors are in dispute with council officials, who they say are witholding information over the failure of Waihi Dam.
Never again, urge Porotī trustees
The Māori trustees of Porotī Springs near Whangarei say the local council should never again issue a consent for a water-bottling plant over the road.