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Comments on the Waikare-Whangamarino Draft Action Plan

Before Waikato Regional Council commits ratepayers to a billion-dollar environmental programme, it needs to prove the plan is affordable, practical and capable of delivering the promised results.

Andy Loader, Poke the Bear • Opinion • 17 Aug 2026

by Andy Loader

Improving the health of Lake Waikare and the Whangamarino Wetland is an objective few people would disagree with. But environmental ambition does not remove the responsibility to demonstrate that the proposed actions will work, that the costs are justified, and that ratepayers and landowners can actually afford them. The Waikare-Whangamarino Draft Action Plan presented to Waikato Regional Council describes itself as non-regulatory but…

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