The podcast discusses the impending loss of free water supply to the Waitara community, currently provided by Fonterra, and highlights concerns about regulatory changes and the growing financial and logistical burden on local councils to replace it.
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Okay, yeah, so Fonterra have been supplying the residents of Waitara for a long time with their drinking water, which has been great. There was never an obligation, I guess, to do that, but they did it. And yes, state-of-the-art water. Obviously, they are a food-producing factory. But I guess, you know, from my perspective, I think probably the motive for the move was... Anyone that's supplying houses with water is deemed to be a water supplier and probably don't want to go under the new regulatory standards.
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Ash Tanner: Matamata-Piako mayor on Waitoa losing long-term access to free waterSpotted something wrong on this page? Report a correction.
