Property Talk: irrigation scheme held up
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A key $400 million irrigation scheme in north Canterbury is held up at the Environment Court, NBR's Chris Hutching reports this week.
Corporate players and the local Ngai Tahu tribe are lining up for a piece of the action.
But no one knows how long it will take because Environment Court judge Jon Jackson is concerned the Hurunui River is already polluted and he has directed the warring parties to come back to him with further submissions.
Reporter Sally Lindsay talks about rates remission form eligible Maori land, and how it fits into long term Auckland Council budgets.
Will a new government entity called Regenerate Christchurch change anything when it comes to governance of Christchurch?
It requires another act of Parliament to replace the CERA Act, which delivered Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee wartime Churchillian powers.
Christchurch will have been under the yoke of central government for 10 years by the time the legislation expires in 2021.
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Property Talk: irrigation scheme held up
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