I have been following the contaminated water crisis in Havelock North with interest, as I live not too far away. Fortunately we are not affected, as we are not in the immediate area and we are supplied from a private spring anyway.
While reading up on the latest in our local paper, I was struck by an interesting thought. This is also a major region from which bottled water destined for China is sourced. It is not the same water and it is not the same source, but it is the same Hawke's Bay, never mind Hastings, which is closely associated with the bottling and is also responsible for Havelock North's water. There is a lot of high-priced demand in China for clean green New Zealand consumables and I have to wonder what this latest news is doing to that bottled water market. After all the bad PR around Fontera and now this, they must surely be starting to wonder just how clean and green we actually are.