Troubled waters

January 2016

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Mike Joy says the government doesn't want us to know what’s going on with our waterways.
Mike Joy, author and senior lecturer in ecology and environmental science at Massey University It’s like the neglected child of our environment. While the state of our birdlife and forests are at least on the government’s radar, the condition of our rivers is a far murkier story, says Mike Joy. Mike says the state of […]
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