Investment in water storage projects removed from Centralines' Statement of Corporate Intent!
Trevor Le Lievre: “Petition a success! As a community we can shape the narrative about options for Wise Water Use of our water resource.”
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Wise Water Use
Apr 2, 20221 min read
Paul Bailey highlights what the public are not being told by Ruataniwha dam v.2 supporters
Paul Bailey: “Mr Petersen is extolling the environmental benefits without mentioning the HB public would pay via a HBRC rate rise of 17%”
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Wise Water Use
Mar 24, 20221 min read
Centralines petition presented to CHB Power Consumers Trust. Alistair Setter (CHBCPT Chair) comments
Alistair Setter: “The concerns raised by WWU in its petition are indeed reasonable… We appreciate the work that has been undertaken”.
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Trevor Le Lievre
Mar 24, 20222 min read
Dr Trevor Le Lievre rebuts Petersen’s and Walker’s defence of Centrelines’ $200K dam spend
Dr Le Lievre: “Spend as much of their own money as they wish; however, when they dip into the publics back pockets, they become accountable”
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Andrew Robb
Mar 13, 20222 min read
Andrew Robb of Wise Water Use investigates Centralines $200K grant and asks “Have I got this right?”
Andrew Robb: “Have CHB power consumers really been paying their power bills to help a private company build themselves a dam?”
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Trevor Le Lievre
Mar 12, 20221 min read
Dr Trevor Le Lievre, Wise Water Use spokesperson, unpacks Centralines’ $200K expenditure in HB Today
Dr Le Lievre: “I am critical of the lack of transparency …this spend occurred without public consultation or any subsequent announcement.”
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Wise Water Use
Mar 5, 20221 min read
Johannes Hoogenboom questions Centralines’ use of power consumers' money
Johannes Hoogenboom commends WWU’s Gren Christie for identifying those people wishing to “milk Centralines consumers".
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Trevor Le Lievre
Mar 3, 20223 min read
Trevor Le Lievre explains his opposition to Centralines' $200K spend on Dam report
Unpublished follow-up to HB Today’s front page exposé of Centralines’ $200K handout to Dam group. Submitted to local newspapers 3 wks ago
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Wise Water Use
Mar 2, 20221 min read
George Harper concerned about Centralines’ encouraging inappropriate land use
George Harper questions Centralines funding private-interest group promoting inappropriate land use on Ruataniwha plains
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Gren Christie
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Same old faces support Dam with public money
Wise Water Use’s Gren Christie highlights the network of local elites intent on resurrecting failed Ruataniwha dam, with public money
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Wise Water Use
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Letters not yet published by local media (Centralines)
Letters submitted in response to Centralines giving $200,000 to Tukituki Water Security Ltd.
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Trevor Le Lievre
Feb 13, 20221 min read
Tim Gilbertson, long term dam advocate, resurfaces.
Local farmer Tim Gilbertson advocates for resurrection of Ruataniwha Dam, but fails to declare vested interest as part-owner of dam consents
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Trevor Le Lievre
Feb 7, 20221 min read
Central Hawke's Bay power consumers funded $200k dam study (Hawke's Bay Today, 26/01/2022)
The director of the Centralines board, Ian Walker is forced to defend the granting of $200K to a private company Tukituki Water Security Ltd
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