Controversial Ruataniwha Dam project back in spotlight

Hawke's Bay's controversial Ruataniwha Dam project was back in the public spotlight at a council meeting today for the first time in years. Plans for the nearly billion-dollar dam were scuppered in 2017 when the Supreme Court deemed a land swap unlawful - but that could be over-ridden by the government's new Fast Track Approvals Bill, Alexa Cook has the story.