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