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Tax Payer to clean up Lake Ellesmere
National pledge $11.6 M of taxpayer money to help clean up the Dairy Pollution of Lake Ellesmere,
Fonterra contribute under 10%
The Press articles
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/5507733/11-6m-Lake-Ellesmere-cleanup
and
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/5509883/12m-plan-to-clean-up-lake
meanwhile just a few months ago Nationals appointed ECan head commissioner and Conservation Minister, Margaret Bazley, overturns DoC in order to give grazing rights to lakeside dairy farmer.. and says of the continued pollution of the lake, 'An extra five years is not hugely significant'.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4569111/Ministers-step-in-on-DOC-lease
and Eugenie Sage comments on Fonterra's plans of massive dairy expansion above Lake Ellesmere