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River health open day in Reporoa

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The Waikato River near Reporoa.  Photo/File
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The Waikato River near Reporoa. Photo/File

Reporoa will host one in a series of open days on the proposed regional plan change aimed at boosting the health of the Waikato and Waipa rivers.

Five initial open days are being held between December 1 and 8 in Otorohanga, Reporoa, Putaruru, Tuakau, and Matangi.

"This is a great opportunity for the likes of farmers, growers, businesses and the general community to understand the detail of what's being proposed in this ground-breaking plan," said Waikato Regional Council chief executive Vaughan Payne.

"We have put in place an extended period for submissions to be made through till March next year. These open days will help people to make informed submissions that help us reach workable solutions to the complex issue of water quality in the Waikato and Waipa rivers."

The Healthy Rivers/Wai Ora Proposed Regional Plan Change 1 was approved by the council recently for public notification. The proposal was put together by a multi-sector Collaborative Stakeholder Group under the oversight of a committee made up of regional councillors and river iwi representatives.

"Water quality has consistently been identified as the number one issue for Waikato people for the past two decades," said Mr Payne.

"What we do now to improve water quality in our rivers, through mechanisms such as the ones proposed in the plan change, will determine the future state we leave them in for our children and their children.

"As a generation we have a window of opportunity to make these changes to improve the water quality in our rivers. If we do nothing now it will be much harder to fix in the future."

Mr Payne said it was important for people to put their views forward.

"These are your rivers, this is your plan, make sure you have your say. The opportunity to influence a major policy like this only happens once in a decade. The significance of this for community and landowners should therefore not be underestimated, and council is doing everything possible to help people make informed submissions.

"The open days are designed to maximise understanding by enabling one-on-one discussions between council staff and potential submitters."

The first four open days will held between 11am and 3pm, while the Matangi event is between 3pm and 7pm. Dates and venues are as follows:

Reporoa - Friday, 2 December
River Road Hall, 1260 River Road

Otorohanga - Thursday, 1 December
Otorohanga Club, 107-113 Maniapoto Street

Putaruru - Monday, 5 December
Putaruru Hotel, 79 Princes St

Tuakau - Wednesday, 7 December
Tuakau Memorial Hall, George Street Tuakau

Matangi - Thursday, 8 December
Matangi Hall, 483 Tauwhare Place

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