Dead in the water

Parker's NPS required councils to figure out what the 'mana' of the water entailed and how to preserve it.

Trying to introduce a spiritual element to the management of water was already causinf massive headaches and ructions at council level, especially in Southland, so your old mate is stoked to see the brakes put on such woke nonsense.

Despite the incoming Government making it clear that councils didn't have to continue work on Parker's folly, most of them did, wasting millions of dollars and upsetting ratepayers.

Finally, they've been stopped cold, with a new law compelling them to wait for the revised government Freshwater NPS.