Scrap brewing over water access

Ngai Tahu Properties and the Central Plains Water Trust will go head-to-head in the Environment Court as they scrap for water from the Waimakariri River.

Ngai Tahu has filed an application of declaration to determine who is entitled to two cubic metres per second (cumecs) of permitted water in the river under a regional plan.

Ngai Tahu says it filed a completed application last month and claims Central Plains had not filed its completed application until last week.