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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-572/
- Published: 2022-05-17T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-18T08:53:22.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Environment, Featured, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

Recently, the Greater Wellington Regional Council asked the Environment Court for enforcement to protect wetlands in Whiteman’s Valley.

But the court found **the wetlands didn’t exist**. Now the council has to foot the defence bill of $482,000-plus.

During the two-week trial, the council filed nearly **3,000 pages** of evidence.

In a staff email, GWRC Chief Executive Nigel Corry said, “We will now look to strengthen our processes around many aspects of wetland management.”

  
Read more [here](https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/128281062/fight-to-protect-wetland-that-never-existed-costs-regional-council-500kplus?ref=goodoil.news). Discuss it on *The BFD.*

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