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A look at Christchurch's Cloud Ocean Estate water bottling production plant. (Video first published in November 2018)
The rūnanga with rangatiratanga (authority) over fresh water has applied to join a court battle against Environment Canterbury (ECan) allowing water bottling in Christchurch.
AWA is embroiled in a longstanding battle with the regional council and two of the country’s largest water bottling operators, Cloud Ocean Water and Rapaki Natural Resources.
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Ngāi Tūāhuriri Upoko Te Maire Tau says Canterbury’s fresh water needs to be protected for future generations, not harmed through the extraction and commodification of the resource for water bottling.