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Environment Court to decide fate of water permits in Otago
7 Mar, 2021 08:30 PM
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Hundreds of Otago permit-holders were given until October to change to resource consents, but the case is now headed to the Environment Court. Photo / RNZ-Nate McKinnon
Hundreds of Otago permit-holders were given until October to change to resource consents, but the case is now headed to the Environment Court. Photo / RNZ-Nate McKinnon
RNZ
The future of water rights in Otago is headed to court this morning.
When the Resource Management Act came into effect in October 1991, Otago was an outlier.
Taking water from some catchments in Central Otago was permitted by rights dating back to the goldfields.
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