Greening the Mckenzie

Blogger: Mandy Herrick, Web Manager for Forest & Bird

The march of pivot irrigators through some of our most iconic landscapes continues unabated. New territorities are being sought everyday – and drylands are being dressed up in lush pasture and filled with cows.

Several applications to green our russet brown McKenzie country are currently before Environment Canterbury. In order to see what we’d be losing, we travelled through this stunning downy landscape and spoke to people about how they felt about the impending transformation of the Mckenzie.

Please note: If you want to watch a longer version of this video, see here
To view the full length interview with Brian Turner, go here

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P.S I’d like to pass on my thanks to some of the people who helped in the making of this video – Anne from Alpine Recreation, Karl Z, Julie Barry, Natasha Turner and Garth. All the photos featured in the piece were taken by Gottlieb Braun Elwert.

Mandy