Environment / Farming

Taxing water - crippling the economy or long overdue?

09:23 am on 10 August 2017

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Federated Farmers say Labour's water tax plan has the potential to cripple regional economies if cattle and crop farmers are made to pay for the water they use. Environmental groups are welcoming the policy. Lynn talks with Federated Farmers water spokesman Chris Allen and Kevin Hackwell of Forest & Bird.