Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta provides details on the amalgamation of Aotearoa s water services. Rangītikei would be part of an entity covering Whanganui, Ruapehu, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Taranaki. The other two entities would cover most of the South Island and the North Island from Auckland up, respectively. It has been estimated as much as $185 billion needs to be spent on water services in New Zealand in the next 30 years. Wednesday’s announcement came with information from Internal Affairs about how much the average household would have to pay per year for water services in 2050 if the entities did or did not exist.
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Ruth Connolly, Waikato, won the Dairy Trainee of the Year title. He won just under $22,000 in prizes and also the DeLaval Livestock Management Merit Award. Vila was the first person outside the Turnwald family to be employed to work on the family farm. Judge Gray Beagley from DairyNZ said Vila worked on a farm surrounded by 50 houses and lifestyle blocks. “Christopher cares about the neighbouring properties, and rather than spray for weeds, which risks killing urban plantings, he will pull weeds by hand near the boundary fences.
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Manoj Kumar and Sumit Kamboj, from the Hawke s Bay-Wairarapa region, won the Share Farmer of the Year title.