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Local Government Minister Simon Watts. Photo: RNZ The government has intervened over Waitaki District Council's rejected water plan that was set to cost ratepayers an extra $200 a month.
Climate Change Minister Simon Watts also heralds new council planning requirements and a levy system for developers.
Climate Minister Simon Watts had been due to deliver the closing address at the global Adaptation Futures Conference, but National Party whips refused his leave from Parliament.
Simon Watts said the decision was not made by him personally but was due to maintaining party numbers in the House.
Simon Watts was handed a spade during a visit to a planting project on a Taranaki farm on Tuesday.
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