News about New Zealand for 30 March 2018

Farmers are warning that bringing in even tougher requirements for fencing waterways will drive some of them out of business, Councils say they will need more funding from central Government to clean up waterways, The Health Minister David Clark is expecting a report from the Counties Manukau District Health Board on how it is going to sort out building issues at South Auckland's Middlemore Hospital, The Prime Minister's chief science adviser is calling for a rethink of the justice system and warning that new prisons are not the answer.