Kahungunu whanau are applauding a new scheme to rid one of their main waterways of algae and pollution.
Waatea News reports the $8 million scheme will see effluent presently flowing into the Tukituki river from oxidation ponds at Waipukurau and Waipawa in central Hawke's Bay, piped to forests to be developed by the regional council in the next few years.
Tamatea Taiwhenua chairman Johnny Nepe-Apitu says the river and its tributaries are invaluable to the iwi, and have been particularly vulnerable to pollution over the last 10 years.
