Ngaio Tiuka: “they could have all the time in the world to consult, the answer is not going to change – “no”.

Le Lievre: The big question here is why are CHB residents who will be adversely impacted by the dam being denied the opportunity to submit?

Mike Joy: “We should be investing in farming solutions that are drought resistant and adaptable to a region’s changing climate”.

Brian Halstead: Waimea cost likely to reach $210m from original estimate of $75m ... “sounds a warning to other proposed storage projects”

Paul Bailey: “Mr Petersen is extolling the environmental benefits without mentioning the HB public would pay via a HBRC rate rise of 17%”

Belford: “One might think that allocating $450K of Centralines’ consumers’ and CHBDC ratepayers’ money is throwing good money after bad”

Gren Christie: “Trees that ancestors of people living in CHB today may have rested under before Captain Cook saw Aotearoa will be destroyed

Alistair Setter: “The concerns raised by WWU in its petition are indeed reasonable… We appreciate the work that has been undertaken”.

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”

Dr Le Lievre: “I am critical of the lack of transparency …this spend occurred without public consultation or any subsequent announcement.”

Johannes Hoogenboom commends WWU’s Gren Christie for identifying those people wishing to “milk Centralines consumers".

Is this wise use of Nelson ratepayer’s money? Wiamea dam doubles in cost from initial $76M to $185M!

George Harper questions Centralines funding private-interest group promoting inappropriate land use on Ruataniwha plains

Wise Water Use’s Gren Christie highlights the network of local elites intent on resurrecting failed Ruataniwha dam, with public money

Local farmer Tim Gilbertson advocates for resurrection of Ruataniwha Dam, but fails to declare vested interest as part-owner of dam consents

The director of the Centralines board, Ian Walker is forced to defend the granting of $200K to a private company Tukituki Water Security Ltd

Secretary NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers highlights how publicly funded irrigation schemes are degrading rivers, and privatising water

Mike Petersen: "this isn't a re-run of previous water security projects". Six month's later releases report recommending Ruataniwha v.2