Water quality in the Taieri River will be highlighted by
Green Party co-leader Russel Norman today as part of his
dirty rivers rafting tour.
He is kayaking rivers around the country to raise public
awareness about the water problems in "our own back yard".
The Taieri was rated in the bottom half of 60 sites on all
three measures of river health in last year's Ministry of
Environment water-quality league tables.
"Otago residents should be able to use the Taieri for
recreation without having to worry about the state of the
water," he said.
Pollution was responsible for the poor quality of the Taieri
River.
Dr Norman will start kayaking from the Outram picnic spot on
the river about noon today.
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