Hawke's Bay Regional Council chairman Rex Graham is to meet a group of Central Hawke's Bay farmers this week to share views on the proposed Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme.
Last week, some members of the Ruataniwha water user group called for the newly elected chairman to actually go to CHB and meet them, and he has heeded that call.
"We're going to meet at a farmer's house and have a chat and share our respective views," he said.
User group member Jerry Greer, a beef and dairy farmer from the Argyll area, welcomed the move.
"We have a new council and we need to have a starting point and go from there - whether or not that's fruitful we will just have to wait and see."