Former Labour chief of staff Neale Jones says Labour will likely start using online tools more.
CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CASES KEEP CLIMBING
A leading health professor is calling on councils around the country to ensure their drinking water is up to scratch.
It comes as cases of Queenstown’s cryptosporidium outbreak reach 56. The source is still unknown.
Queenstown’s Council announced on Friday it’s secured a temporary protozoa treatment barrier for the Two Mile water plant, but it’s not expected to be completed until early December.
Public Health Professor Michael Baker says this outbreak is a reminder of the importance of source water protection.
WILD WINDS ON THE WAY
South Islanders and Wellingtonians are being warned to brace for another day of wild weather.
NIWA is forecasting strong to damaging winds today.
Three road snowfall warnings are also in place - namely State Highway 94 Milford Road, Crown Range Road, and State Highway 8 - the Lindis Pass.
MetService forecaster Gerard Bellam says there are wind warnings in the South Island, and from Wellington up the East Coast.
SINKHOLE REPAIRS CONTINUE
Work is continuing on repairing a tennis-court sized sinkhole in central Auckland.
Watercare has spent the weekend jetting water into the blocked section, and sucking out loose material with a powerful vacuum.
It’s set to begin putting together the route, to build the overland bypass solution for transferring wastewater this week.
The bypass has been secured with pipes from one of their existing projects, with the rest coming in from a Whanganui company.
Chief operations officer Mark Bourne, says Friday’s 10-day target to install the bypass is ambitious, but they’re confident they can get it done on time.