So quick to condemn. The Greens co-leader does not surprise me, and yes what she did was wrong, but not out of place. There would not be many of us out there that have not lied nor deceived to our gain. In fact, you would be surprised to know just how many of us have indeed done the same act to achieve or advance ourselves, but alas, we will never know because we would all deny it. It surprised me to hear the attack by National on the idea to charge commercial industries for the use of water considering they hail and promote user-pays, and, of course, not to forget the farming community and commercial industry making money from a free resource whilst everybody else has to pay. Comments like price rises and cost passed on to the consumers dished out in a scare campaign makes me wonder if these groups are mature enough to be where they are today. You see, we have been overcharged continuously for years and prices will go up regardless of a charge on water. There are no specials or discounts people, just a clever marketing ploy to sell old stock that was overpriced in the first place, and yes the consumers have been and still are lied to by fraudulent acts to the commercial gain.

R Stewart, Te Puke.