Lois Williams

1 week ago | stuff.co.nz | Catrin Owen |Craig Ashworth |Lois Williams |Alisha Evans

A leading figure in wine sustainability says winegrowers and wineries need to use water more efficiently as climate change shrinks rivers and aquifers, which is already happening to Marlborough’s Wairau River. Marta Mendonca, head of viticulture sustainability organisation The Porto Protocol Foundation, spoke on the issue to winegrowers from around the world at Blenheim’s ASB Theatre on Tuesday, for the Organic and Biodynamic Winegrowing Conference.

3 weeks ago | stuff.co.nz | Marty Sharpe |Lois Williams |Linda Hall |Sam Smith

After nine years of debate and legal challenges, the Proposed Marlborough Environment Plan has finally made it over the line ‒ well, most of it. The Marlborough District Council’s major planning document, which was finished in 2020, had been operative but not officially enacted during an appeals process. On Thursday morning, the council’s Environment and Planning Committee approved all provisions not currently under appeal in the Environment Court to come into effect on July 9.