The government is being called on to step in to force a multi-national agri-chemical business to clean up its New Plymouth production site which the local mayor has described as a "ticking time bomb".
Neil Holdom in concerned Corteva Agrisciences - previously the agricultural arm of DowDupoint - could walk away from the Paritutu plant leaving ratepayers with a remediation bill in the tens of millions of dollars.
Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.
