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Stop the commercial sale of Public fresh water or charge per litre to the Government
Local authorities have abused the rights of New Zealanders by allowing companies both foreign & domestic to harvest NZ fresh water for personal gain with little or no return to the local NZ community. If it is allowed to continue it should be regulated & there should be a fair charge for each litre taken.
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Chelsea Finnie tagged this with essential 2016-12-03 22:43:05 +1300 -
Jane Pinder commented 2016-12-03 06:50:48 +1300Our water is a national resource. If minerals were discovered and extraction rights granted to a company by local council or government, they would then be paying royalties to us. It should be the same with water. I think it is galling that after the water contamination crisis in Hawkes Bay, local people then ended up having to buy (back) the water they needed from a foreign company in their locale that had been granted the right to extract and ship local water overseas virtually for free by their own council!
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Jane Pinder tagged this with essential 2016-12-03 06:50:47 +1300
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Robert Murray commented 2016-11-30 22:16:18 +1300Agreed completely: I believe Fiji charges 15c/litre so we should charge 20c/litre
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Gene Dalefield tagged this with essential 2016-11-30 15:29:17 +1300
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Luka Love tagged this with essential 2016-11-30 14:53:04 +1300
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Alexandra Hallatt tagged this with essential 2016-11-30 06:55:49 +1300 -
Alan Barraclough commented 2016-11-29 21:17:47 +1300Absolutely essential.. the acquifier does NOT belong to any council above it. The aquifier needs to learly be nationalised. its health and sustainability belongs to every Kiwi
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Alan Barraclough tagged this with essential 2016-11-29 21:17:47 +1300
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Sue Rine tagged this with essential 2016-11-29 18:46:26 +1300
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Tim O’Donnell tagged this with essential 2016-11-29 18:26:13 +1300
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Jerry Cerveny tagged this with essential 2016-11-29 13:40:25 +1300
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Nathan Rattray tagged this with important 2016-11-29 11:42:52 +1300 -
Tim O’Donnell commented 2016-11-28 23:21:20 +1300Do who benefit? The local councils? My understanding is it’s a small consent fee (usually for administration cost) for a certain amount over a given time. Here’s an example from 2015 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11454222
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Graeme Kiyoto-Ward commented 2016-11-28 23:02:49 +1300Do they benefit? If they do then is it an issue?
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Graeme Kiyoto-Ward tagged this with interesting 2016-11-28 23:02:48 +1300
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