20 Feb 2010

'Dirty dairying' crack-down seen as reason for council's dismissal

4:03 pm on 20 February 2010

The Green Party says people in Canterbury are being punished for electing a regional council that was starting to take action on "dirty dairying".

A Government review has found a big gap in the capability of the Canterbury Regional Council to manage freshwater matters.

It's advising the Government to install Commissioners and look at setting up a new agency to deal with fresh water applications.

Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says the findings of the group that looked at the council are not surprising because the group was led by a dairy company director.

He said the reason the group wants to get rid of the regional council is that it's been cracking down on "dirty dairying".