Country99TV Investigative Piece on Horizons Regional Council

14 March 2013

Country99TV Investigative Piece on Horizons Regional Council

Part one airs tonight 7pm on Sky Channel 99. Part two airs 7pm, tomorrow night, March 15.

Federated Farmers will be viewing an investigative piece going to air tonight/tomorrow by Country99TV on Sky Channel 99.

Country99TV’s preview states:

“The environmental impact of New Zealand’s dairy industry has been a key focus for media recently. But little attention has been paid to wastewater treatment plants which process urban sewage and discharge it to both land and waterways.

Horizons Council, in charge of the Manawatu-Wanganui region, has been trying to introduce its One Plan, which would impose nutrient caps on farmers. A Government-commissioned report has suggested it would drop some farmer’s profits in the region by up to 43 percent.

But is Horizons as tough on the seven district councils in the region, which are responsible for wastewater treatment plants?

Country99TV investigates Horizons Council to discover shocking details on the compliance records of its district councils, and the heavy-handed treatment of local farmers“.
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