24 Oct 2024

Around the motu : David Williams in Christchurch

From Nine To Noon, 10:47 am on 24 October 2024
Dairy farming is a major part of the New Zealand economy.

Photo: Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye/ 123rf

A plan change mooted by Canterbury's regional council, ECan, could lead to a halt to dairy expansion in the province.

David has the details. Craig Pauling has been voted ECan's new chair after Peter Scott stepped down under a cloud.

And with Canterbury so well served by the Kate Valley landfill, half-owned by the province's councils, David looks into why new ones are popping up. 

David Williams is Newsroom's Te Waipounamu South Island Correspondent

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