Council is looking for freshwater champions to help review the Regional Freshwater Plan and Waipaoa Catchment Plan. The Regional Fresh Water Plan applies rules and conditions on activities that affect freshwater, particularly how clean the water .
A popular Gisborne river that becomes a "liquid slurry of mud" in bad weather is increasingly unusable for recreationalists and wildlife alike, waka ama groups say.
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