Jane Smith says politicians are all talk and no action
26 Jan, 2021 01:00 AM
3 minutes to read
North Otago farmer Jane Smith. Photo / Supplied
The Country
Kiwi politicians are returning to work for 2021, and it s about bloody time, according to straight-talking North Otago farmer Jane Smith. I ve been interested to see there s no sign of life yet in Wellington after – what is it – a two-and-a-half-month break? Smith told The Country s Jamie Mackay.
According to Smith s rough calculations, there wasn t enough time left in the term for the Government to actually get something that resembles a policy-in-action done.
Smith believed this year would bring unforeseen consequences for the Government, due to inaction in 2020, saying a number of things - if not most things - weren t achieved, or even started.
Talleys, Ernest Adams and Yoplait are among hundreds of manufacturers and brands dumping contaminants into New Zealand s drains and getting away with it.
Frank van Betuw watches as blood red water and globs of yellow animal fat gush from Dunedin s sewers into the Green Island wastewater treatment plant. The visceral, greasy liquid will clog the filters and coat the ultraviolet lights used to disinfect the effluent. They ll have to be scrubbed clean, yet again.
Van Betuw knows where the wastewater comes from and he knows the company that dumped it down the drain isn t allowed to do it, but the Dunedin City Council senior compliance officer also fears it will happen again and again.
Companies dumping contaminants down the drain: Talleys, Ernest Adams and Yoplait identified
24 Jan, 2021 07:56 PM
17 minutes to read
Hundreds of companies have dumped contaminants into sewers in breach of their trade waste consents over the past year. File photo / Duncan Brown
RNZ
By Anusha Bradley of RNZ
Talleys, Ernest Adams and Yoplait are among hundreds of manufacturers and brands dumping contaminants into New Zealand s drains and getting away with it.
Frank van Betuw watches as blood-red water and globs of yellow animal fat gush from Dunedin s sewers into the Green Island wastewater treatment plant. The visceral, greasy liquid will clog the filters and coat the ultraviolet lights used to disinfect the effluent. They ll have to be scrubbed clean, yet again.
Talleys, Ernest Adams and Yoplait are among hundreds of manufacturers and brands dumping contaminants into New Zealand's drains and getting away with it.