Steve LiddleSteve Liddle

Steve Liddle is a Napier-based freelance journalist.

Now is the time to spend real money on solving our water quality woes

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If regional councils are to use new funding to address water quality, they could do well to start in Hawke’s Bay, where wood mill effluent continues to be an issue 27 years after a damning report into its effects. Never has there been a better time to rethink and refresh the care of our rivers, … Read more

De-risking: the New Zealand banking policy causing more suffering in war torn countries

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Having reached safety in New Zealand, refugees desperate to help relatives still trapped at home are being prevented from doing so by overly strict local banking regulations. Not only are the rules morally wrong – they’re exacerbating the refugee crisis itself, says Steve Liddle. For the past nine months I’ve been working with a group … Read more