A Waikato University academic warns that New Zealand needs to rethink its water allocation system, or risk stifling economic and cultural development.
University of Waikato researcher and assistant lecturer Jagdeep Singh-Ladhar says the country's "first in, first served" approach to water allocation and the way local government deals with water allocation issues needs to change.
Singh-Ladhar is undertaking a comparative study for the Centre for Environmental, Resources and Energy Law. examining the law and policy around water allocation in New Zealand and Australia.
Warning over water allocation
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