Government called on to step in over Huia Water Treatment Plant consent
Watercare/Supplied Watercare’s application to carry out works for its proposed Huia Water Treatment Plant replacement project has been granted resource consent. Group spokeswoman Tina Hamlin said the Department of Conservation also opposed the consent. “At a time when biodiversity is being lost on a daily basis, the discovery of new insect species and the presence of other rare insect species warrants an immediate review,” she said. Two years ago, entomologist Dr Peter Madison identified five examples of a flightless female pteromalid wasp near the Clark’s Bush Track – within th...
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